ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 170112024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bureau County, Illinois

Mean one-way trip21.1 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home5.4%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone80.0%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.3%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 commute21.4 min → 21.1 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.0% → 5.4%▲ 0.4 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.7% → 80.0%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.0% ±2.0 pp
Carpool10.6% ±1.5 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.5% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.7 pp
Work from home5.4% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 15,826 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.

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

20thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

40thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

40th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 60% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate32,866± — MOE
Workers age 16+15,826± 304 MOE
Workers with travel time14,965± 340 MOE
Estimated home workers861± 166 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.