ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 171652024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Saline County, Illinois

Mean one-way trip23.1 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home4.2%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone84.7%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.0%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 commute23.1 min → 23.1 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.2% → 4.2%▲ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.3%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.2% → 84.7%▲ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone84.7% ±2.1 pp
Carpool7.9% ±1.6 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.7% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home4.2% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 9,050 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.

43thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

17thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

73thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

66th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate23,213± — MOE
Workers age 16+9,050± 488 MOE
Workers with travel time8,666± 482 MOE
Estimated home workers384± 156 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.