ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39484822024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mayfield Heights, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.1 min one way; 19.2% worked from home, 69.0% drove alone, and 3.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.1 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home19.2%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone69.0%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.0%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 Mayfield Heights city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.8 min → 22.1 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.2% → 19.2%▲ 8.0 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 2.1%▲ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.4% → 69.0%▼ 10.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mayfield Heights city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.0%; 2.1% used public transit and 19.2% worked from home.

Drive alone69.0% ±3.2 pp
Carpool7.4% ±2.7 pp
Public transit2.1% ±1.7 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home19.2% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 10,734 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mayfield Heights city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 33th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

33thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Mayfield Heights city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,734 workers age 16+, including 8,675 workers with reported travel time and 2,059 home workers.

Population estimate20,022± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+10,734± 482 MOE
Workers with travel time8,675± 474 MOE
Estimated home workers2,059± 323 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 Mayfield 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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