What is the average commute in Cumberland County, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Cumberland County, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · IL · GEOID 170352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cumberland County, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Cumberland County, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.5 min one way; 8.5% worked from home, 81.2% drove alone, and 5.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Cumberland County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.1 percentage points.

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 Cumberland County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.2%; 0.2% used public transit and 8.5% worked from home.

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

How Cumberland County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 45th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

45^thMean commute percentile

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

63^thWork-from-home percentile

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

62^thTransit percentile

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

27^th60+ 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 Cumberland County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,281 workers age 16+, including 4,830 workers with reported travel time and 451 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Illinois commute records for Cumberland County

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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