Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 170772024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Jackson County, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.3 min one way; 10.8% worked from home, 72.5% drove alone, and 4.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.3 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home10.8%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone72.5%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.5%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 Jackson County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.0 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Jackson County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.5%; 0.7% used public transit and 10.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 21,777 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Jackson County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 18th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Jackson County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 21,777 workers age 16+, including 19,430 workers with reported travel time and 2,347 home workers.
Population estimate53,064± — MOE
Workers age 16+21,777± 757 MOE
Workers with travel time19,430± 700 MOE
Estimated home workers2,347± 393 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
All Illinois reports →Comparable Illinois commute records for Jackson County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.