ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39751262024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Struthers, Ohio

Mean one-way trip21.7 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home12.0%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone77.8%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.5%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 commute21.7 min → 21.7 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 12.0%▲ 8.2 pp

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

Public transit1.7% → 1.4%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.3% → 77.8%▼ 5.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.8% ±5.4 pp
Carpool8.3% ±4.0 pp
Public transit1.4% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home12.0% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 4,689 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.

31thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,923± 44 MOE
Workers age 16+4,689± 392 MOE
Workers with travel time4,124± 416 MOE
Estimated home workers565± 183 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.