What is the average commute in Martins Ferry city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 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 39481042024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Martins Ferry, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Martins Ferry city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.3 min one way; 7.3% worked from home, 85.4% drove alone, and 2.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.3 min±3.8 min MOE

Worked from home7.3%±3.2 pp MOE

Drove alone85.4%±6.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.3%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 Martins Ferry city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.2 min → 19.3 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.3% → 7.3%▲ 4.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.4% → 85.4%▲ 1.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Martins Ferry city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.3% worked from home.

Drive alone85.4% ±6.1 pp

Carpool5.1% ±2.7 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp

Walk2.2% ±2.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp

Work from home7.3% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 2,563 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Martins Ferry city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 17th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

17^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

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

10^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Martins Ferry city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,563 workers age 16+, including 2,375 workers with reported travel time and 188 home workers.

Population estimate6,140± 18 MOE

Workers age 16+2,563± 311 MOE

Workers with travel time2,375± 318 MOE

Estimated home workers188± 85 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 Martins Ferry 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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