ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39476282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Marietta, Ohio

Mean one-way trip15.6 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home8.6%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone71.9%±3.9 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute17.4 min → 15.6 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 8.6%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.1%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.5% → 71.9%▼ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.9% ±3.9 pp
Carpool12.2% ±3.5 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk5.8% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.6 pp
Work from home8.6% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 6,088 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.

6thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,203± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+6,088± 335 MOE
Workers with travel time5,562± 377 MOE
Estimated home workers526± 184 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.