Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 170992024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
LaSalle County, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.0 min one way; 5.1% worked from home, 83.0% drove alone, and 10.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.0 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home5.1%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone83.0%±1.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.7%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 LaSalle County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.2 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 LaSalle County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.0%; 0.2% used public transit and 5.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 50,247 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How LaSalle County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 66th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind LaSalle County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 50,247 workers age 16+, including 47,665 workers with reported travel time and 2,582 home workers.
Population estimate108,714± — MOE
Workers age 16+50,247± 960 MOE
Workers with travel time47,665± 984 MOE
Estimated home workers2,582± 354 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 LaSalle County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.