ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39490562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mentor, Ohio

Mean one-way trip21.6 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home14.7%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone77.7%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.4%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 commute23.4 min → 21.6 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.3% → 14.7%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.4%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.3% → 77.7%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.7% ±2.4 pp
Carpool5.8% ±1.4 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home14.7% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 24,314 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.

26thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

56thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

34thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

6th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate47,171± 43 MOE
Workers age 16+24,314± 777 MOE
Workers with travel time20,740± 838 MOE
Estimated home workers3,574± 526 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.