What is the average commute in Hamilton County, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 2.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.3 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 170652024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hamilton County, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Hamilton County, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.8 min one way; 2.4% worked from home, 89.7% drove alone, and 7.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.8 min±3.2 min MOE

Worked from home2.4%±1.3 pp MOE

Drove alone89.7%±5.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.4%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 Hamilton County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -4.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.7 min → 26.8 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.3% → 2.4%▼ 4.9 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.6%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.9% → 89.7%▲ 8.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hamilton County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 89.7%; 0.6% used public transit and 2.4% worked from home.

Drive alone89.7% ±5.8 pp

Carpool6.1% ±3.4 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.6 pp

Walk0.9% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home2.4% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 3,412 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hamilton County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 66th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

66^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

4^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

84^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

46^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hamilton County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,412 workers age 16+, including 3,331 workers with reported travel time and 81 home workers.

Population estimate7,916± — MOE

Workers age 16+3,412± 218 MOE

Workers with travel time3,331± 218 MOE

Estimated home workers81± 45 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 Hamilton 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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