ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39775042024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Trotwood, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.5 min one way; 8.6% worked from home, 76.7% drove alone, and 6.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.5 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home8.6%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone76.7%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.2%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 Trotwood city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.4 min → 24.5 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.0% → 8.6%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit5.2% → 3.9%▼ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.3% → 76.7%▼ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Trotwood city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.7%; 3.9% used public transit and 8.6% worked from home.

Drive alone76.7% ±4.6 pp
Carpool9.4% ±4.6 pp
Public transit3.9% ±2.7 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home8.6% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 10,242 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Trotwood city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 48th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Trotwood city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,242 workers age 16+, including 9,361 workers with reported travel time and 881 home workers.

Population estimate23,041± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+10,242± 816 MOE
Workers with travel time9,361± 764 MOE
Estimated home workers881± 212 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 Trotwood 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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