What is the average commute in Parma Heights city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 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 39610282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Parma Heights, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Parma Heights city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.7 min one way; 14.3% worked from home, 71.3% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.7 min±3.0 min MOE

Worked from home14.3%±3.3 pp MOE

Drove alone71.3%±4.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.6%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 Parma Heights city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.3 min → 25.7 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.7% → 14.3%▲ 7.6 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 1.5%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.1% → 71.3%▼ 9.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Parma Heights city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.3%; 1.5% used public transit and 14.3% worked from home.

Drive alone71.3% ±4.1 pp

Carpool8.7% ±3.4 pp

Public transit1.5% ±1.0 pp

Walk1.5% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home14.3% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 10,587 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Parma Heights city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 55th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

55^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74^thTransit percentile

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

32^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Parma Heights city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,587 workers age 16+, including 9,073 workers with reported travel time and 1,514 home workers.

Population estimate20,581± 25 MOE

Workers age 16+10,587± 689 MOE

Workers with travel time9,073± 728 MOE

Estimated home workers1,514± 363 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 Parma Heights 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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