What is the average commute in Fayette County, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 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 170512024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fayette County, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Fayette County, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.5 min one way; 7.1% worked from home, 79.3% drove alone, and 9.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.5 min±2.1 min MOE

Worked from home7.1%±1.9 pp MOE

Drove alone79.3%±3.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.7%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 Fayette County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.9 min → 25.5 min▲ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.6% → 7.1%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.3%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.8% → 79.3%▼ 2.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fayette County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.3%; 0.3% used public transit and 7.1% worked from home.

Drive alone79.3% ±3.1 pp

Carpool10.4% ±2.7 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp

Walk1.6% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home7.1% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 9,051 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fayette County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 58th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

58^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

47^thWork-from-home percentile

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

68^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

64^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fayette County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,051 workers age 16+, including 8,406 workers with reported travel time and 645 home workers.

Population estimate21,315± — MOE

Workers age 16+9,051± 409 MOE

Workers with travel time8,406± 407 MOE

Estimated home workers645± 174 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 Fayette 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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