What is the average commute in Whitehall city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 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 39847422024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Whitehall, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Whitehall city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.4 min one way; 11.6% worked from home, 69.6% drove alone, and 2.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.4 min±2.6 min MOE

Worked from home11.6%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone69.6%±5.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.0%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 Whitehall city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.0 min → 21.4 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 11.6%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit4.3% → 4.9%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.7% → 69.6%▼ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Whitehall city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.6%; 4.9% used public transit and 11.6% worked from home.

Drive alone69.6% ±5.4 pp

Carpool9.9% ±2.9 pp

Public transit4.9% ±1.8 pp

Walk1.2% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.5 pp

Work from home11.6% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 9,232 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Whitehall city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

29^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

8^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Whitehall city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,232 workers age 16+, including 8,162 workers with reported travel time and 1,070 home workers.

Population estimate20,019± 47 MOE

Workers age 16+9,232± 663 MOE

Workers with travel time8,162± 607 MOE

Estimated home workers1,070± 269 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 Whitehall 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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