Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 171152024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Macon County, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.4 min one way; 8.3% worked from home, 80.8% drove alone, and 3.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.4 min±0.9 min MOE
Worked from home8.3%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone80.8%±1.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 Macon County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 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 Macon County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.8%; 0.9% used public transit and 8.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 43,182 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Macon County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 8th 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 lower than about 92% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Macon County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 43,182 workers age 16+, including 39,588 workers with reported travel time and 3,594 home workers.
Population estimate101,849± — MOE
Workers age 16+43,182± 756 MOE
Workers with travel time39,588± 725 MOE
Estimated home workers3,594± 506 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 Macon County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.