ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39572602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Norton, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.4 min one way; 14.7% worked from home, 81.0% drove alone, and 2.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.4 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home14.7%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone81.0%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.3%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 Norton 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 +7.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.8 min → 23.4 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.2% → 14.7%▲ 7.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.7% → 81.0%▼ 3.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Norton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.0%; 0.1% used public transit and 14.7% worked from home.

Drive alone81.0% ±3.9 pp
Carpool2.6% ±1.4 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±1.1 pp
Work from home14.7% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 5,969 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Norton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 41th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

41thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

10th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Norton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,969 workers age 16+, including 5,091 workers with reported travel time and 878 home workers.

Population estimate11,524± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+5,969± 360 MOE
Workers with travel time5,091± 371 MOE
Estimated home workers878± 275 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 Norton 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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