ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 171612024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rock Island County, Illinois

Mean one-way trip19.7 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home8.6%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone77.0%±1.6 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute19.9 min → 19.7 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 8.6%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 1.3%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.2% → 77.0%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.0% ±1.6 pp
Carpool9.0% ±0.9 pp
Public transit1.3% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.9% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.2 pp
Work from home8.6% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 64,387 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.

12thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

19thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

82thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

14th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate142,757± — MOE
Workers age 16+64,387± 1,156 MOE
Workers with travel time58,873± 1,237 MOE
Estimated home workers5,514± 407 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.