Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39644862024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Powell, Ohio
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.3 min one way; 31.7% worked from home, 62.1% drove alone, and 3.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.3 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home31.7%±4.6 pp MOE
Drove alone62.1%±5.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.0%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 Powell city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Powell city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 31.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,047 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Powell city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 47th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Powell city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,047 workers age 16+, including 4,815 workers with reported travel time and 2,232 home workers.
Population estimate14,451± 166 MOE
Workers age 16+7,047± 526 MOE
Workers with travel time4,815± 532 MOE
Estimated home workers2,232± 367 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
All Ohio reports →Comparable Ohio commute records for Powell city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.