ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 170692024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hardin County, Illinois

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.2 min one way; 2.2% worked from home, 81.5% drove alone, and 15.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.2 min±5.4 min MOE
Worked from home2.2%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone81.5%±8.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip15.9%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 Hardin County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.6 min → 28.2 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.0% → 2.2%▼ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit3.9% → 1.3%▼ 2.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.9% → 81.5%▼ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hardin County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.5%; 1.3% used public transit and 2.2% worked from home.

Drive alone81.5% ±8.2 pp
Carpool10.2% ±5.0 pp
Public transit1.3% ±1.4 pp
Walk3.6% ±3.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±1.0 pp
Work from home2.2% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 1,244 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hardin County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 73th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

73thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

4thWork-from-home percentile

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

94thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

88th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hardin County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,244 workers age 16+, including 1,217 workers with reported travel time and 27 home workers.

Population estimate3,605± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,244± 113 MOE
Workers with travel time1,217± 111 MOE
Estimated home workers27± 30 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 Hardin 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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