What is the average commute in Upper Arlington city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Upper Arlington city, Ohio work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 27.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · OH · GEOID 39790022024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Upper Arlington, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Upper Arlington city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.3 min one way; 27.3% worked from home, 66.9% drove alone, and 2.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.3 min±1.6 min MOE

Worked from home27.3%±2.6 pp MOE

Drove alone66.9%±2.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.9%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 Upper Arlington city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.9 min → 19.3 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.3% → 27.3%▲ 10.0 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.3%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.4% → 66.9%▼ 9.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Upper Arlington city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.9%; 0.3% used public transit and 27.3% worked from home.

Drive alone66.9% ±2.9 pp

Carpool2.9% ±0.9 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.7% ±0.4 pp

Work from home27.3% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 18,093 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Upper Arlington city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

14^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

91^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

26^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

12^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Upper Arlington city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 18,093 workers age 16+, including 13,151 workers with reported travel time and 4,942 home workers.

Population estimate36,293± 47 MOE

Workers age 16+18,093± 665 MOE

Workers with travel time13,151± 658 MOE

Estimated home workers4,942± 503 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 Upper Arlington 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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