ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39644862024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Powell, Ohio

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute26.1 min → 24.3 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home20.9% → 31.7%▲ 10.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.5% → 62.1%▼ 11.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone62.1% ±5.9 pp
Carpool4.5% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.7% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.7 pp
Work from home31.7% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 7,047 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.

47thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

17th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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.