ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39746082024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Steubenville, Ohio

Mean one-way trip18.1 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home14.2%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone69.5%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 commute18.4 min → 18.1 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.1% → 14.2%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 1.0%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.3% → 69.5%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.5% ±3.8 pp
Carpool6.7% ±2.4 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.9 pp
Walk7.3% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home14.2% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 7,487 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.

13thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,124± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+7,487± 476 MOE
Workers with travel time6,426± 445 MOE
Estimated home workers1,061± 316 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.