ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 171472024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Piatt County, Illinois

Mean one-way trip24.0 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home7.3%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone84.6%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 commute23.8 min → 24.0 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.6% → 7.3%▲ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.9% → 84.6%▼ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone84.6% ±2.8 pp
Carpool5.7% ±1.5 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.7% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home7.3% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 8,463 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

50thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 50% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

53thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

14th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,695± — MOE
Workers age 16+8,463± 249 MOE
Workers with travel time7,842± 279 MOE
Estimated home workers621± 158 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.