ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39761062024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tallmadge, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.0 min one way; 12.5% worked from home, 79.7% drove alone, and 6.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.0 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home12.5%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone79.7%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.9%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 Tallmadge city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.1 min → 25.0 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 12.5%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.3%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.4% → 79.7%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Tallmadge city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.7%; 0.3% used public transit and 12.5% worked from home.

Drive alone79.7% ±4.4 pp
Carpool5.9% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home12.5% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 8,747 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Tallmadge city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 51th percentile among covered under 25k 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 under 25k population band.

54thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Tallmadge city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,747 workers age 16+, including 7,655 workers with reported travel time and 1,092 home workers.

Population estimate18,335± 205 MOE
Workers age 16+8,747± 626 MOE
Workers with travel time7,655± 635 MOE
Estimated home workers1,092± 244 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 Tallmadge 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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