Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 171932024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
White County, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.4 min one way; 5.8% worked from home, 78.5% drove alone, and 9.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.4 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home5.8%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone78.5%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.6%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 White 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 +0.4 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 White County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.5%; 0.4% used public transit and 5.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,611 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How White County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 51th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind White County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,611 workers age 16+, including 5,287 workers with reported travel time and 324 home workers.
Population estimate13,619± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,611± 272 MOE
Workers with travel time5,287± 260 MOE
Estimated home workers324± 122 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 White County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.