ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39770002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Toledo, Ohio

Mean one-way trip19.8 min±0.7 min MOE
Worked from home6.9%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone77.6%±1.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.6%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 commute19.9 min → 19.8 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 6.9%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit1.8% → 1.1%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.0% → 77.6%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.6% ±1.3 pp
Carpool10.9% ±0.9 pp
Public transit1.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.1 pp
Work from home6.9% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 118,061 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.

17thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

6thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

48thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate267,463± 87 MOE
Workers age 16+118,061± 1,726 MOE
Workers with travel time109,899± 1,837 MOE
Estimated home workers8,162± 688 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.