ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39852322024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Willard, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.6 min one way; 2.0% worked from home, 77.9% drove alone, and 9.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.6 min±5.6 min MOE
Worked from home2.0%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone77.9%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.8%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 Willard city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.0 min → 21.6 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.0% → 2.0%▲ 2.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.5%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.5% → 77.9%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Willard city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.9%; 0.5% used public transit and 2.0% worked from home.

Drive alone77.9% ±5.4 pp
Carpool14.8% ±6.9 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.7 pp
Walk3.6% ±2.7 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.9 pp
Work from home2.0% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 2,623 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Willard 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.

29thMean commute percentile

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

2thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Willard city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,623 workers age 16+, including 2,571 workers with reported travel time and 52 home workers.

Population estimate6,164± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+2,623± 290 MOE
Workers with travel time2,571± 293 MOE
Estimated home workers52± 56 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 Willard 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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