ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39539702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

New Albany, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.1 min one way; 24.6% worked from home, 69.9% drove alone, and 4.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.1 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home24.6%±4.6 pp MOE
Drove alone69.9%±6.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 New Albany city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.1 min → 22.1 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.5% → 24.6%▲ 11.1 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.8% → 69.9%▼ 7.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How New Albany city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.9%; 0.2% used public transit and 24.6% worked from home.

Drive alone69.9% ±6.2 pp
Carpool3.3% ±1.6 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.6% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home24.6% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 5,249 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How New Albany city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 33th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

33thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind New Albany city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,249 workers age 16+, including 3,958 workers with reported travel time and 1,291 home workers.

Population estimate10,896± 561 MOE
Workers age 16+5,249± 379 MOE
Workers with travel time3,958± 427 MOE
Estimated home workers1,291± 261 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 New Albany 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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