ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 170332024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Crawford County, Illinois

Mean one-way trip18.1 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home4.7%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone85.0%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 commute15.8 min → 18.1 min▲ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.4% → 4.7%▼ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.2%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.8% → 85.0%▲ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone85.0% ±1.9 pp
Carpool6.6% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.5% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.7 pp
Work from home4.7% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 8,112 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.

17thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

22thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

66thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

23th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,511± — MOE
Workers age 16+8,112± 284 MOE
Workers with travel time7,734± 295 MOE
Estimated home workers378± 139 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.