ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 170612024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greene County, Illinois

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home10.0%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone76.0%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.2%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 commute30.7 min → 29.0 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 10.0%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.5% → 76.0%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.0% ±2.6 pp
Carpool12.0% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home10.0% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 5,110 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.

78thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

75thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

56thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

91th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,683± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,110± 232 MOE
Workers with travel time4,599± 205 MOE
Estimated home workers511± 159 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.