What is the average commute in Wauseon city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.1%, 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 39819282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wauseon, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Wauseon city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.1 min one way; 4.1% worked from home, 90.3% drove alone, and 5.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.1 min±4.3 min MOE

Worked from home4.1%±2.6 pp MOE

Drove alone90.3%±3.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.0%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 Wauseon city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.2 min → 21.1 min▲ 3.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.8% → 4.1%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.5%▲ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.5% → 90.3%▲ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wauseon city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 90.3%; 1.5% used public transit and 4.1% worked from home.

Drive alone90.3% ±3.2 pp

Carpool3.6% ±2.4 pp

Public transit1.5% ±1.7 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home4.1% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 3,605 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wauseon city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 27th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

27^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

9^thWork-from-home percentile

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

75^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37^th60+ 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 Wauseon city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,605 workers age 16+, including 3,456 workers with reported travel time and 149 home workers.

Population estimate7,505± 287 MOE

Workers age 16+3,605± 280 MOE

Workers with travel time3,456± 297 MOE

Estimated home workers149± 96 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 Wauseon 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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