What is the average commute in Obetz city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.6 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 39578622024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Obetz, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Obetz city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.8 min one way; 11.7% worked from home, 78.8% drove alone, and 2.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.8 min±4.5 min MOE

Worked from home11.7%±5.6 pp MOE

Drove alone78.8%±6.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.4%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 Obetz city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.5 min → 19.8 min▼ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.8% → 11.7%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.2%▲ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone89.0% → 78.8%▼ 10.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Obetz city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.8%; 1.2% used public transit and 11.7% worked from home.

Drive alone78.8% ±6.1 pp

Carpool8.1% ±5.4 pp

Public transit1.2% ±1.8 pp

Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home11.7% ±5.6 pp

Each share uses 3,180 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Obetz city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 20th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

20^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Obetz city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,180 workers age 16+, including 2,809 workers with reported travel time and 371 home workers.

Population estimate7,330± 801 MOE

Workers age 16+3,180± 415 MOE

Workers with travel time2,809± 400 MOE

Estimated home workers371± 185 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 Obetz 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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