ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39501762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Milford, Ohio

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

22thMean commute percentile

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

48thWork-from-home percentile

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

46thTransit percentile

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

3th60+ 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 the shares

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.