Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17050922024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Belvidere, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.3 min one way; 7.7% worked from home, 79.1% drove alone, and 7.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.3 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home7.7%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone79.1%±5.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.0%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 Belvidere city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.2 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 Belvidere city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.7% worked from home.
Each share uses 12,119 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Belvidere city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 46th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Belvidere city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 12,119 workers age 16+, including 11,189 workers with reported travel time and 930 home workers.
Population estimate24,752± 563 MOE
Workers age 16+12,119± 733 MOE
Workers with travel time11,189± 792 MOE
Estimated home workers930± 351 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 Belvidere city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.