What is the average commute in Pike County, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Pike County, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.3 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · IL · GEOID 171492024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pike County, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Pike County, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.4 min one way; 5.9% worked from home, 83.8% drove alone, and 8.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.4 min±2.1 min MOE

Worked from home5.9%±1.3 pp MOE

Drove alone83.8%±2.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.3%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 Pike County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.9 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute24.7 min → 23.4 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 5.9%▼ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.2%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.7% → 83.8%▲ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Pike County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.8%; 0.2% used public transit and 5.9% worked from home.

Drive alone83.8% ±2.4 pp

Carpool8.1% ±2.0 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.5% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home5.9% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 6,557 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Pike County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 44th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

44^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

34^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

62^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

55^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Pike County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,557 workers age 16+, including 6,170 workers with reported travel time and 387 home workers.

Population estimate14,469± — MOE

Workers age 16+6,557± 237 MOE

Workers with travel time6,170± 242 MOE

Estimated home workers387± 84 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

Comparable Illinois commute records for Pike County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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