ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39657322024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Reading, Ohio

Mean one-way trip18.1 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home19.5%±6.5 pp MOE
Drove alone69.5%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.6%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute18.6 min → 18.1 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.3% → 19.5%▲ 9.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.8%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.9% → 69.5%▼ 12.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.5% ±4.6 pp
Carpool8.3% ±4.1 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.8 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home19.5% ±6.5 pp

Each share uses 5,636 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.

13thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,502± 46 MOE
Workers age 16+5,636± 557 MOE
Workers with travel time4,539± 474 MOE
Estimated home workers1,097± 381 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.