ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39866042024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Worthington, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.3 min one way; 22.9% worked from home, 71.8% drove alone, and 3.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.3 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home22.9%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone71.8%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.5%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 Worthington city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +12.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.4 min → 20.3 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.8% → 22.9%▲ 12.1 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.3% → 71.8%▼ 8.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Worthington city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 22.9% worked from home.

Drive alone71.8% ±2.8 pp
Carpool3.8% ±1.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp
Work from home22.9% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 7,118 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Worthington city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 23th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Worthington city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,118 workers age 16+, including 5,489 workers with reported travel time and 1,629 home workers.

Population estimate14,938± 335 MOE
Workers age 16+7,118± 347 MOE
Workers with travel time5,489± 310 MOE
Estimated home workers1,629± 206 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 Worthington 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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