ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OK · GEOID 40316002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Grove, Oklahoma

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.9 min one way; 10.6% worked from home, 80.2% drove alone, and 14.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.9 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home10.6%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone80.2%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.4%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 Grove city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.2 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 → 23.9 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 10.6%▲ 6.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.0% → 80.2%▲ 10.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Grove city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.6% worked from home.

Drive alone80.2% ±6.1 pp
Carpool4.8% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home10.6% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 2,783 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Grove city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 44th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

44thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% 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.

85th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Grove city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,783 workers age 16+, including 2,489 workers with reported travel time and 294 home workers.

Population estimate7,176± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+2,783± 239 MOE
Workers with travel time2,489± 257 MOE
Estimated home workers294± 114 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 Oklahoma commute records for Grove 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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