What is the average commute in Port Clinton city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.0 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 39641502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Port Clinton, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Port Clinton city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.9 min one way; 6.1% worked from home, 75.4% drove alone, and 2.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.9 min±5.0 min MOE

Worked from home6.1%±3.0 pp MOE

Drove alone75.4%±7.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.5%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 Port Clinton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.7 min → 19.9 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.8% → 6.1%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.9%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.3% → 75.4%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Port Clinton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.4%; 0.9% used public transit and 6.1% worked from home.

Drive alone75.4% ±7.7 pp

Carpool12.8% ±7.7 pp

Public transit0.9% ±1.4 pp

Walk2.5% ±1.8 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.9 pp

Work from home6.1% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 2,724 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Port Clinton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 20th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

20^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

20^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

12^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Port Clinton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,724 workers age 16+, including 2,558 workers with reported travel time and 166 home workers.

Population estimate5,970± 28 MOE

Workers age 16+2,724± 325 MOE

Workers with travel time2,558± 322 MOE

Estimated home workers166± 85 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 Port Clinton 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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