What is the average commute in Willoughby city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 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 39854842024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Willoughby, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Willoughby city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.7 min one way; 18.4% worked from home, 69.4% drove alone, and 2.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.7 min±2.5 min MOE

Worked from home18.4%±3.1 pp MOE

Drove alone69.4%±4.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.9%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 Willoughby city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.6 min → 22.7 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.2% → 18.4%▲ 10.2 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 1.0%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.9% → 69.4%▼ 11.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Willoughby city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.4%; 1.0% used public transit and 18.4% worked from home.

Drive alone69.4% ±4.6 pp

Carpool9.4% ±3.0 pp

Public transit1.0% ±0.7 pp

Walk0.9% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home18.4% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 12,351 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Willoughby city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 36th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

36^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75^thWork-from-home percentile

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

67^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Willoughby city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,351 workers age 16+, including 10,073 workers with reported travel time and 2,278 home workers.

Population estimate24,046± 27 MOE

Workers age 16+12,351± 551 MOE

Workers with travel time10,073± 656 MOE

Estimated home workers2,278± 391 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 Willoughby 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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