ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39527522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mount Healthy, Ohio

Mean one-way trip24.5 min±5.1 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone74.9%±7.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.4%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 commute23.9 min → 24.5 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 8.0%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit2.4% → 0.8%▼ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.1% → 74.9%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.9% ±7.8 pp
Carpool12.8% ±8.9 pp
Public transit0.8% ±1.2 pp
Walk2.0% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home8.0% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 2,928 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

20th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,919± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+2,928± 367 MOE
Workers with travel time2,695± 357 MOE
Estimated home workers233± 103 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.