What is the average commute in Stow city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Stow city, Ohio work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 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 39749442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Stow, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Stow city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.5 min one way; 17.3% worked from home, 74.3% drove alone, and 3.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.5 min±1.7 min MOE

Worked from home17.3%±2.5 pp MOE

Drove alone74.3%±2.7 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 Stow city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.7 min → 23.5 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.4% → 17.3%▲ 5.9 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.3% → 74.3%▼ 9.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Stow city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.3%; 0.2% used public transit and 17.3% worked from home.

Drive alone74.3% ±2.7 pp

Carpool5.7% ±1.7 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.1 pp

Walk1.5% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home17.3% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 17,875 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Stow city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 37th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

37^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

65^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

17^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

23^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Stow city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 17,875 workers age 16+, including 14,777 workers with reported travel time and 3,098 home workers.

Population estimate34,240± 42 MOE

Workers age 16+17,875± 592 MOE

Workers with travel time14,777± 613 MOE

Estimated home workers3,098± 455 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 Stow 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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