ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 171912024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wayne County, Illinois

Mean one-way trip24.2 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home7.0%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone80.9%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.3%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 commute22.7 min → 24.2 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.9% → 7.0%▲ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.5%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.4% → 80.9%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.9% ±2.7 pp
Carpool10.1% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home7.0% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 7,079 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.

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

46thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

79thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

54th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,973± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,079± 241 MOE
Workers with travel time6,581± 261 MOE
Estimated home workers498± 133 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.