ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39680562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rocky River, Ohio

Mean one-way trip21.8 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home18.5%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone71.0%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 commute22.6 min → 21.8 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.6% → 18.5%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit2.4% → 2.3%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.2% → 71.0%▼ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.0% ±3.2 pp
Carpool5.5% ±1.8 pp
Public transit2.3% ±2.0 pp
Walk1.7% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home18.5% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 10,932 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.

31thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate21,490± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+10,932± 602 MOE
Workers with travel time8,906± 629 MOE
Estimated home workers2,026± 359 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.