ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39750982024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Strongsville, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.5 min one way; 19.3% worked from home, 71.6% drove alone, and 4.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.5 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home19.3%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone71.6%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 Strongsville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.6 min → 25.5 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.8% → 19.3%▲ 7.4 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 1.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.4% → 71.6%▼ 7.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Strongsville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.6%; 1.2% used public transit and 19.3% worked from home.

Drive alone71.6% ±2.4 pp
Carpool6.0% ±1.3 pp
Public transit1.2% ±0.8 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home19.3% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 22,616 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Strongsville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 51th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

51thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

72thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

57thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Strongsville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 22,616 workers age 16+, including 18,262 workers with reported travel time and 4,354 home workers.

Population estimate45,983± 40 MOE
Workers age 16+22,616± 737 MOE
Workers with travel time18,262± 758 MOE
Estimated home workers4,354± 487 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 Strongsville 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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