ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39450942024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Louisville, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.0 min one way; 14.6% worked from home, 74.2% drove alone, and 3.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.0 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home14.6%±5.6 pp MOE
Drove alone74.2%±7.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 Louisville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.3 min → 21.0 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.8% → 14.6%▲ 7.8 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.7% → 74.2%▼ 9.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Louisville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 14.6% worked from home.

Drive alone74.2% ±7.8 pp
Carpool6.1% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk3.9% ±3.0 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±1.0 pp
Work from home14.6% ±5.6 pp

Each share uses 4,561 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Louisville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 26th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

26thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

19th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Louisville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,561 workers age 16+, including 3,896 workers with reported travel time and 665 home workers.

Population estimate9,602± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+4,561± 390 MOE
Workers with travel time3,896± 455 MOE
Estimated home workers665± 263 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 Louisville 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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