Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 171612024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Rock Island County, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.7 min one way; 8.6% worked from home, 77.0% drove alone, and 3.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
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 Rock Island County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Rock Island County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.0%; 1.3% used public transit and 8.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 64,387 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Rock Island County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Rock Island County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 64,387 workers age 16+, including 58,873 workers with reported travel time and 5,514 home workers.
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.
05 / SAME STATE
All Illinois reports →Comparable Illinois commute records for Rock Island County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.