ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39621342024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Perry Heights, Ohio

Mean one-way trip19.3 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home11.7%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone81.7%±6.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 commute19.0 min → 19.3 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.0% → 11.7%▲ 6.7 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 1.7%▲ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.8% → 81.7%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.7% ±6.0 pp
Carpool3.1% ±1.8 pp
Public transit1.7% ±2.0 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home11.7% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 4,591 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.

17thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,756± 637 MOE
Workers age 16+4,591± 499 MOE
Workers with travel time4,053± 493 MOE
Estimated home workers538± 200 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.