ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 171452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Perry County, Illinois

Mean one-way trip24.3 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home4.7%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone85.7%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.3%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 commute24.2 min → 24.3 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.0% → 4.7%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.1%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.8% → 85.7%▼ 1.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone85.7% ±3.5 pp
Carpool6.3% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle1.3% ±1.0 pp
Work from home4.7% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 7,717 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.

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 50% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

22thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

52thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

34th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,639± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,717± 394 MOE
Workers with travel time7,357± 402 MOE
Estimated home workers360± 123 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.