ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 170352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cumberland County, Illinois

Mean one-way trip23.5 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home8.5%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone81.2%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute22.8 min → 23.5 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 8.5%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.2% → 81.2%▼ 3.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.2% ±3.5 pp
Carpool6.1% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk3.9% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home8.5% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 5,281 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.

63thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

62thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

27th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,334± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,281± 276 MOE
Workers with travel time4,830± 301 MOE
Estimated home workers451± 109 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.