What is the average commute in Milford city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 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 39501762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Milford, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Milford city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.2 min one way; 11.3% worked from home, 77.2% drove alone, and 1.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.2 min±4.5 min MOE

Worked from home11.3%±4.6 pp MOE

Drove alone77.2%±9.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.0%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 Milford city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.3 min → 20.2 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.4% → 11.3%▲ 2.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.4% → 77.2%▼ 2.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Milford city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.2%; 0.2% used public transit and 11.3% worked from home.

Drive alone77.2% ±9.8 pp

Carpool5.2% ±3.8 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.9 pp

Walk6.1% ±3.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home11.3% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 3,157 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Milford city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 22th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

22^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Milford city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,157 workers age 16+, including 2,800 workers with reported travel time and 357 home workers.

Population estimate6,497± 45 MOE

Workers age 16+3,157± 356 MOE

Workers with travel time2,800± 395 MOE

Estimated home workers357± 151 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 Milford 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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