ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 171512024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pope County, Illinois

Mean one-way trip29.3 min±5.4 min MOE
Worked from home10.0%±5.0 pp MOE
Drove alone80.7%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.1%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 commute32.2 min → 29.3 min▼ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.6% → 10.0%▲ 2.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.3% → 80.7%▼ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.7% ±6.4 pp
Carpool8.3% ±4.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.0 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±1.0 pp
Work from home10.0% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 1,335 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.

79thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

76thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

33th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate3,739± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,335± 121 MOE
Workers with travel time1,201± 118 MOE
Estimated home workers134± 68 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.