What is the average commute in Olmsted Falls city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 8.0 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 39584222024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Olmsted Falls, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Olmsted Falls city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.5 min one way; 18.1% worked from home, 78.7% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.5 min±4.1 min MOE

Worked from home18.1%±8.0 pp MOE

Drove alone78.7%±3.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.7%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 Olmsted Falls city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.8 min → 25.5 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.5% → 18.1%▲ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.5% → 78.7%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Olmsted Falls city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 18.1% worked from home.

Drive alone78.7% ±3.1 pp

Carpool2.8% ±1.3 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home18.1% ±8.0 pp

Each share uses 4,647 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Olmsted Falls city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 54th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

54^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Olmsted Falls city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,647 workers age 16+, including 3,805 workers with reported travel time and 842 home workers.

Population estimate8,639± 27 MOE

Workers age 16+4,647± 420 MOE

Workers with travel time3,805± 372 MOE

Estimated home workers842± 379 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 Olmsted Falls 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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