What is the average commute in Oxford city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 15.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 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 39592342024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oxford, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Oxford city, Ohio
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.2 min one way; 15.5% worked from home, 52.3% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Oxford city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.5 percentage points.

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 Oxford city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 52.3%; 1.6% used public transit and 15.5% worked from home.

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

How Oxford city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

5^thMean commute percentile

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

66^thWork-from-home percentile

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

75^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% 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 Oxford city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,443 workers age 16+, including 6,290 workers with reported travel time and 1,153 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Ohio commute records for Oxford 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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