ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39673562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rittman, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.5 min one way; 9.0% worked from home, 74.9% drove alone, and 9.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.5 min±5.3 min MOE
Worked from home9.0%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone74.9%±5.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.5%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 Rittman city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.1 min → 27.5 min▲ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.9% → 9.0%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.0%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone91.4% → 74.9%▼ 16.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Rittman city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 9.0% worked from home.

Drive alone74.9% ±5.8 pp
Carpool13.9% ±5.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.9% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp
Work from home9.0% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 2,610 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Rittman city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 65th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

65thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% 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.

68th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Rittman city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,610 workers age 16+, including 2,375 workers with reported travel time and 235 home workers.

Population estimate6,044± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+2,610± 283 MOE
Workers with travel time2,375± 261 MOE
Estimated home workers235± 119 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 Rittman 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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