ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39818582024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Waterville, Ohio

Mean one-way trip27.0 min±5.7 min MOE
Worked from home11.6%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone81.2%±5.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.1%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 commute26.1 min → 27.0 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 11.6%▲ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.8%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.9% → 81.2%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.2% ±5.7 pp
Carpool3.8% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.8% ±1.2 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home11.6% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 2,770 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.

63thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thWork-from-home percentile

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

63thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,017± 19 MOE
Workers age 16+2,770± 271 MOE
Workers with travel time2,449± 263 MOE
Estimated home workers321± 113 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.