ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17048452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Belleville, Illinois

Mean one-way trip25.1 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home12.2%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone74.3%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.6%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 commute25.9 min → 25.1 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.7% → 12.2%▲ 5.5 pp

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

Public transit4.2% → 3.0%▼ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.6% → 74.3%▼ 7.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.3% ±2.3 pp
Carpool8.5% ±1.5 pp
Public transit3.0% ±1.5 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home12.2% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 19,465 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

80thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

41th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate41,370± 45 MOE
Workers age 16+19,465± 769 MOE
Workers with travel time17,086± 783 MOE
Estimated home workers2,379± 375 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.