ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39569662024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Ridgeville, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.0 min one way; 15.2% worked from home, 76.3% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.0 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home15.2%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone76.3%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 North Ridgeville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.4 min → 26.0 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 15.2%▲ 7.7 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.2%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.2% → 76.3%▼ 3.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How North Ridgeville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.3%; 0.2% used public transit and 15.2% worked from home.

Drive alone76.3% ±2.5 pp
Carpool6.3% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home15.2% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 18,206 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How North Ridgeville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 54th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

58thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

19thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

25th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind North Ridgeville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 18,206 workers age 16+, including 15,445 workers with reported travel time and 2,761 home workers.

Population estimate36,627± 46 MOE
Workers age 16+18,206± 749 MOE
Workers with travel time15,445± 692 MOE
Estimated home workers2,761± 418 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 North Ridgeville 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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