ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17040782024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Batavia, Illinois

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.9 min one way; 24.3% worked from home, 65.1% drove alone, and 9.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.9 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home24.3%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone65.1%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.8%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 Batavia city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.0 min → 28.9 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.7% → 24.3%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit2.2% → 2.4%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.0% → 65.1%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Batavia city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.1%; 2.4% used public transit and 24.3% worked from home.

Drive alone65.1% ±3.5 pp
Carpool5.5% ±2.0 pp
Public transit2.4% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.6 pp
Work from home24.3% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 14,078 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Batavia city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 71th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

71thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

86thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

75thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

72th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Batavia city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,078 workers age 16+, including 10,655 workers with reported travel time and 3,423 home workers.

Population estimate27,151± 346 MOE
Workers age 16+14,078± 801 MOE
Workers with travel time10,655± 803 MOE
Estimated home workers3,423± 501 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 Batavia city

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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