ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39398722024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kent, Ohio

Mean one-way trip20.8 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home16.0%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone64.7%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.8%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute21.4 min → 20.8 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.8% → 16.0%▲ 2.2 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit1.1% → 0.9%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.9% → 64.7%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.7% ±4.4 pp
Carpool7.0% ±2.9 pp
Public transit0.9% ±0.8 pp
Walk9.7% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home16.0% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 12,891 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

21thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

60thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

50thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

10th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate27,116± 59 MOE
Workers age 16+12,891± 748 MOE
Workers with travel time10,828± 828 MOE
Estimated home workers2,063± 417 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.