ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 171672024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sangamon County, Illinois

Mean one-way trip19.7 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home13.7%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone77.1%±1.1 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 commute19.7 min → 19.7 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.0% → 13.7%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.9%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.5% → 77.1%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.1% ±1.1 pp
Carpool5.6% ±0.6 pp
Public transit0.9% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.4% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.2 pp
Work from home13.7% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 89,950 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.

63thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

71thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

15th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate194,947± — MOE
Workers age 16+89,950± 1,436 MOE
Workers with travel time77,659± 1,564 MOE
Estimated home workers12,291± 953 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.