ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39417552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Landen, Ohio

Mean one-way trip23.6 min±5.9 min MOE
Worked from home21.9%±5.7 pp MOE
Drove alone67.7%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.1%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 commute25.6 min → 23.6 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.9% → 21.9%▲ 6.0 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.2%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.9% → 67.7%▼ 9.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.7% ±5.3 pp
Carpool6.5% ±4.2 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.1% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home21.9% ±5.7 pp

Each share uses 3,874 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.

42thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

9th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,499± 1,054 MOE
Workers age 16+3,874± 584 MOE
Workers with travel time3,026± 506 MOE
Estimated home workers848± 254 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.