Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39578342024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Oberlin, Ohio
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.9 min one way; 12.2% worked from home, 50.2% drove alone, and 2.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip16.9 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home12.2%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone50.2%±7.8 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 Oberlin city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.6 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Oberlin city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 50.2%; 0.9% used public transit and 12.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,594 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Oberlin city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 9th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Oberlin city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,594 workers age 16+, including 3,155 workers with reported travel time and 439 home workers.
Population estimate8,329± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+3,594± 277 MOE
Workers with travel time3,155± 296 MOE
Estimated home workers439± 113 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
All Ohio reports →Comparable Ohio commute records for Oberlin city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.