ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 171932024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

White County, Illinois

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute24.0 min → 24.4 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.4% → 5.8%▲ 0.4 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.4%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.3% → 78.5%▼ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.5% ±3.6 pp
Carpool11.8% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.7% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home5.8% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 5,611 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.

51thMean commute percentile

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

33thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% 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.

63th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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.