ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 170792024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Jasper County, Illinois

Mean one-way trip28.1 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home8.2%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone81.2%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute28.8 min → 28.1 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 8.2%▲ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.7%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.9% → 81.2%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.2% ±4.7 pp
Carpool8.3% ±3.2 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home8.2% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 4,690 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.

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

59thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

87thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

49th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,180± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,690± 237 MOE
Workers with travel time4,307± 248 MOE
Estimated home workers383± 110 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.