What is the average commute in Mason city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 23.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 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 39481882024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mason, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Mason city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.1 min one way; 23.4% worked from home, 70.6% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.1 min±3.5 min MOE

Worked from home23.4%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone70.6%±4.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.0%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 Mason city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.9 min → 25.1 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.3% → 23.4%▲ 7.1 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.3%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.4% → 70.6%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mason city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.6%; 0.3% used public transit and 23.4% worked from home.

Drive alone70.6% ±4.9 pp

Carpool4.8% ±1.2 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.1% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp

Work from home23.4% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 18,356 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mason city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 48th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

48^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

83^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

27^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

25^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Mason city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 18,356 workers age 16+, including 14,058 workers with reported travel time and 4,298 home workers.

Population estimate35,509± 55 MOE

Workers age 16+18,356± 939 MOE

Workers with travel time14,058± 1,144 MOE

Estimated home workers4,298± 567 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 Mason 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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