ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39594162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Painesville, Ohio

Mean one-way trip20.1 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home8.3%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone71.4%±4.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute21.8 min → 20.1 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.3% → 8.3%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit1.8% → 1.5%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.7% → 71.4%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.4% ±4.8 pp
Carpool12.2% ±3.1 pp
Public transit1.5% ±1.2 pp
Walk4.0% ±2.3 pp
Bicycle1.1% ±1.1 pp
Work from home8.3% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 9,419 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.

21thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

32thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74thTransit percentile

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

4th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,548± 36 MOE
Workers age 16+9,419± 606 MOE
Workers with travel time8,640± 584 MOE
Estimated home workers779± 238 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.