ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39513102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Monroe, Ohio

Mean one-way trip23.1 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home16.5%±5.5 pp MOE
Drove alone73.3%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.8%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 commute25.6 min → 23.1 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.3% → 16.5%▲ 6.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.4% → 73.3%▼ 12.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.3% ±5.1 pp
Carpool8.6% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.1% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home16.5% ±5.5 pp

Each share uses 8,271 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.

39thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

6th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,401± 687 MOE
Workers age 16+8,271± 578 MOE
Workers with travel time6,903± 625 MOE
Estimated home workers1,368± 466 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.