What is the average commute in Norwood city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Norwood city, Ohio work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · OH · GEOID 39573862024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Norwood, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Norwood city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.7 min one way; 15.9% worked from home, 69.8% drove alone, and 5.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.7 min±3.1 min MOE

Worked from home15.9%±2.5 pp MOE

Drove alone69.8%±4.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.2%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 Norwood 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 +7.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.1 min → 21.7 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.8% → 15.9%▲ 7.1 pp

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

Public transit3.7% → 3.1%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.3% → 69.8%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Norwood city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.8%; 3.1% used public transit and 15.9% worked from home.

Drive alone69.8% ±4.1 pp

Carpool7.0% ±1.9 pp

Public transit3.1% ±1.5 pp

Walk3.4% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home15.9% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 10,411 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Norwood city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 30th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

30^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Norwood city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,411 workers age 16+, including 8,753 workers with reported travel time and 1,658 home workers.

Population estimate19,114± 43 MOE

Workers age 16+10,411± 578 MOE

Workers with travel time8,753± 622 MOE

Estimated home workers1,658± 273 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 Norwood 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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