ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39856382024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Willowick, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.2 min one way; 17.1% worked from home, 75.6% drove alone, and 1.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.2 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home17.1%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone75.6%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.2%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 Willowick city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.2 min → 21.2 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.3% → 17.1%▲ 6.8 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.6%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.7% → 75.6%▼ 6.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Willowick city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.6%; 0.6% used public transit and 17.1% worked from home.

Drive alone75.6% ±4.2 pp
Carpool4.1% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.9% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home17.1% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 7,724 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Willowick city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 28th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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.

71thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Willowick city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,724 workers age 16+, including 6,402 workers with reported travel time and 1,322 home workers.

Population estimate14,162± 43 MOE
Workers age 16+7,724± 393 MOE
Workers with travel time6,402± 436 MOE
Estimated home workers1,322± 218 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 Willowick 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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