Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39585202024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Ontario, Ohio
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.9 min one way; 1.6% worked from home, 81.1% drove alone, and 9.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip18.9 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home1.6%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone81.1%±9.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.8%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 Ontario city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.8 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 Ontario city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.1%; 1.3% used public transit and 1.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 3,348 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Ontario city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 15th 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 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Ontario city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 3,348 workers age 16+, including 3,293 workers with reported travel time and 55 home workers.
Population estimate6,667± 20 MOE
Workers age 16+3,348± 347 MOE
Workers with travel time3,293± 336 MOE
Estimated home workers55± 51 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 Ontario city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.