ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39696802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Marys, Ohio

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

6thMean commute percentile

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

2thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% 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.

7th60+ 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 the shares

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.