What is the average commute in Maple Heights city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 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 39473062024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Maple Heights, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Maple Heights city, Ohio
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.7 min one way; 8.0% worked from home, 76.4% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.7 min±3.0 min MOE

Worked from home8.0%±2.3 pp MOE

Drove alone76.4%±4.5 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 Maple Heights city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.5 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 → 21.7 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.5% → 8.0%▲ 4.5 pp

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

Public transit2.7% → 4.2%▲ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.6% → 76.4%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Maple Heights city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.4%; 4.2% used public transit and 8.0% worked from home.

Drive alone76.4% ±4.5 pp

Carpool7.1% ±3.3 pp

Public transit4.2% ±2.2 pp

Walk2.3% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home8.0% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 9,421 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Maple Heights city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 30th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

30^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Maple Heights city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,421 workers age 16+, including 8,667 workers with reported travel time and 754 home workers.

Population estimate23,258± 52 MOE

Workers age 16+9,421± 725 MOE

Workers with travel time8,667± 733 MOE

Estimated home workers754± 228 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 Maple Heights 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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