ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39847422024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Whitehall, Ohio

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

29thMean commute percentile

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

50thWork-from-home percentile

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

90thTransit percentile

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

8th60+ 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 the shares

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.