ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39592342024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oxford, Ohio

Mean one-way trip15.2 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home15.5%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone52.3%±6.1 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute15.8 min → 15.2 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.0% → 15.5%▲ 2.5 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 1.6%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone57.9% → 52.3%▼ 5.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone52.3% ±6.1 pp
Carpool7.7% ±3.5 pp
Public transit1.6% ±1.7 pp
Walk18.6% ±2.8 pp
Bicycle4.3% ±2.5 pp
Work from home15.5% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 7,443 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

5thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14th60+ 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 the shares

Population estimate21,753± 42 MOE
Workers age 16+7,443± 723 MOE
Workers with travel time6,290± 645 MOE
Estimated home workers1,153± 228 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.