ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 170052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bond County, Illinois

Mean one-way trip23.6 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home8.2%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone81.4%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.0%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute25.8 min → 23.6 min▼ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 8.2%▲ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.4% → 81.4%▼ 1.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.4% ±3.7 pp
Carpool4.2% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk5.0% ±2.1 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.7 pp
Work from home8.2% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 6,905 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

45thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

60thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

47thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

65th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,716± — MOE
Workers age 16+6,905± 351 MOE
Workers with travel time6,338± 372 MOE
Estimated home workers567± 171 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.