ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17066132024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bloomington, Illinois

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.8 min one way; 20.7% worked from home, 67.0% drove alone, and 3.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.8 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home20.7%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone67.0%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.5%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 Bloomington city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.0 min → 16.8 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.3% → 20.7%▲ 9.4 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.6%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.8% → 67.0%▼ 7.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bloomington city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.0%; 0.6% used public transit and 20.7% worked from home.

Drive alone67.0% ±1.9 pp
Carpool8.0% ±1.2 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.6% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.2 pp
Work from home20.7% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 40,354 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bloomington city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

5thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

76thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

40thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

18th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bloomington city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 40,354 workers age 16+, including 32,003 workers with reported travel time and 8,351 home workers.

Population estimate78,907± 87 MOE
Workers age 16+40,354± 813 MOE
Workers with travel time32,003± 874 MOE
Estimated home workers8,351± 684 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 Bloomington 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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