ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39741182024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Springfield, Ohio

Mean one-way trip21.2 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.2%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone77.5%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.7%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 commute20.1 min → 21.2 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 7.2%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.6%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.5% → 77.5%▲ 1.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.5% ±2.2 pp
Carpool10.8% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.9% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.3 pp
Work from home7.2% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 23,452 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.

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

14thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

39thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

32th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate58,190± 75 MOE
Workers age 16+23,452± 873 MOE
Workers with travel time21,759± 879 MOE
Estimated home workers1,693± 319 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.