ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39569382024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Northridge, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.2 min one way; 10.1% worked from home, 85.6% drove alone, and 6.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.2 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home10.1%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone85.6%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.9%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 Northridge CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.7 min → 23.2 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 10.1%▲ 6.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone91.8% → 85.6%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Northridge CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.1% worked from home.

Drive alone85.6% ±4.9 pp
Carpool4.3% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home10.1% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 3,201 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Northridge CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 40th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

40thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% 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.

52th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Northridge CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,201 workers age 16+, including 2,878 workers with reported travel time and 323 home workers.

Population estimate7,817± 482 MOE
Workers age 16+3,201± 377 MOE
Workers with travel time2,878± 358 MOE
Estimated home workers323± 131 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 Northridge CDP

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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