What is the average commute in Warren County, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Warren County, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.6 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · IL · GEOID 171872024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Warren County, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Warren County, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.8 min one way; 7.4% worked from home, 80.5% drove alone, and 5.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.8 min±1.9 min MOE

Worked from home7.4%±1.6 pp MOE

Drove alone80.5%±3.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.8%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 Warren County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.3 min → 18.8 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 7.4%▲ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.7%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.9% → 80.5%▼ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Warren County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.5%; 0.7% used public transit and 7.4% worked from home.

Drive alone80.5% ±3.7 pp

Carpool5.6% ±1.4 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.7 pp

Walk4.6% ±1.6 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home7.4% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 7,572 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Warren County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 19th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

19^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

50^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 50% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

86^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

31^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Warren County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,572 workers age 16+, including 7,012 workers with reported travel time and 560 home workers.

Population estimate16,447± — MOE

Workers age 16+7,572± 343 MOE

Workers with travel time7,012± 365 MOE

Estimated home workers560± 124 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

Comparable Illinois commute records for Warren County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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