What is the average commute in Mansfield city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 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 39471382024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mansfield, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Mansfield city, Ohio
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.7 min one way; 5.9% worked from home, 79.3% drove alone, and 6.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.7 min±2.4 min MOE

Worked from home5.9%±1.4 pp MOE

Drove alone79.3%±2.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.8%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 Mansfield city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.1 min → 20.7 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.1% → 5.9%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 1.4%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.3% → 79.3%— 0.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mansfield city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.3%; 1.4% used public transit and 5.9% worked from home.

Drive alone79.3% ±2.4 pp

Carpool11.8% ±2.3 pp

Public transit1.4% ±0.6 pp

Walk1.0% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home5.9% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 17,572 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mansfield city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

21^thMean commute percentile

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

8^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

62^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

53^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Mansfield city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 17,572 workers age 16+, including 16,538 workers with reported travel time and 1,034 home workers.

Population estimate47,663± 33 MOE

Workers age 16+17,572± 932 MOE

Workers with travel time16,538± 942 MOE

Estimated home workers1,034± 249 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 Mansfield 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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