ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39850362024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wickliffe, Ohio

Mean one-way trip21.2 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home10.0%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone80.0%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 commute19.8 min → 21.2 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 10.0%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.9% → 80.0%▼ 3.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.0% ±4.4 pp
Carpool7.8% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±0.9 pp
Work from home10.0% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 6,508 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.

28thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

19th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,659± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+6,508± 426 MOE
Workers with travel time5,858± 467 MOE
Estimated home workers650± 195 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.