What is the average commute in Kettering city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Kettering city, Ohio work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · OH · GEOID 39400402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kettering, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Kettering city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.3 min one way; 12.6% worked from home, 76.3% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Kettering city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 percentage points.

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 Kettering city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.3%; 0.9% used public transit and 12.6% worked from home.

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

How Kettering city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 19th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

19^thMean commute percentile

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

46^thWork-from-home percentile

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

49^thTransit percentile

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

28^th60+ 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 Kettering city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 29,226 workers age 16+, including 25,534 workers with reported travel time and 3,692 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Ohio commute records for Kettering city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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