ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39400402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kettering, Ohio

Mean one-way trip20.3 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home12.6%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone76.3%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%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 commute20.0 min → 20.3 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 12.6%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 0.9%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.8% → 76.3%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.3% ±2.3 pp
Carpool8.2% ±1.6 pp
Public transit0.9% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home12.6% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 29,226 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.

19thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

46thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

49thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

28th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate57,206± 191 MOE
Workers age 16+29,226± 631 MOE
Workers with travel time25,534± 752 MOE
Estimated home workers3,692± 454 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.