ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 171052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Livingston County, Illinois

Mean one-way trip21.6 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home7.0%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone80.4%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.6%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 commute22.2 min → 21.6 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 7.0%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.2% → 80.4%▲ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.4% ±2.7 pp
Carpool7.2% ±1.3 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk3.1% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.4 pp
Work from home7.0% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 16,353 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.

27thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 73% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

37thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

43thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

54th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate35,565± — MOE
Workers age 16+16,353± 481 MOE
Workers with travel time15,204± 504 MOE
Estimated home workers1,149± 229 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.