What is the average commute in St. Marys city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 15.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in St. Marys city, Ohio work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 2.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · OH · GEOID 39696802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Marys, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for St. Marys city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.7 min one way; 2.1% worked from home, 83.4% drove alone, and 1.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.7 min±2.1 min MOE

Worked from home2.1%±2.0 pp MOE

Drove alone83.4%±7.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.9%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 St. Marys city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.5 min → 15.7 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.8% → 2.1%▲ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.9% → 83.4%▼ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How St. Marys city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 2.1% worked from home.

Drive alone83.4% ±7.2 pp

Carpool9.8% ±4.9 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp

Walk1.1% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home2.1% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 4,356 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How St. Marys city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 6th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

6^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

2^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind St. Marys city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,356 workers age 16+, including 4,264 workers with reported travel time and 92 home workers.

Population estimate8,301± 231 MOE

Workers age 16+4,356± 343 MOE

Workers with travel time4,264± 343 MOE

Estimated home workers92± 88 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 St. Marys 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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