ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39552162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

New Philadelphia, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.7 min one way; 8.8% worked from home, 83.6% drove alone, and 4.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.7 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home8.8%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone83.6%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.2%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 Philadelphia city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.4 min → 19.7 min▲ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.6% → 8.8%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.9% → 83.6%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How New Philadelphia city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.8% worked from home.

Drive alone83.6% ±4.4 pp
Carpool4.3% ±1.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.0 pp
Walk0.9% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.6 pp
Work from home8.8% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 8,434 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How New Philadelphia city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 20th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

20thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

35thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36thTransit percentile

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

28th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind New Philadelphia city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,434 workers age 16+, including 7,694 workers with reported travel time and 740 home workers.

Population estimate17,520± 44 MOE
Workers age 16+8,434± 477 MOE
Workers with travel time7,694± 529 MOE
Estimated home workers740± 225 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 Philadelphia 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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