Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39716822024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Shaker Heights, Ohio
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.2 min one way; 23.4% worked from home, 63.6% drove alone, and 3.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.2 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home23.4%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone63.6%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 Shaker Heights city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.2 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 Shaker Heights city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.6%; 3.6% used public transit and 23.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 14,335 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Shaker Heights city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Shaker Heights city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 14,335 workers age 16+, including 10,977 workers with reported travel time and 3,358 home workers.
Population estimate28,922± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+14,335± 640 MOE
Workers with travel time10,977± 715 MOE
Estimated home workers3,358± 435 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 Shaker Heights city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.