What is the average commute in Carlinville city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Carlinville city, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · IL · GEOID 17112022024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Carlinville, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Carlinville city, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.2 min one way; 7.6% worked from home, 82.7% drove alone, and 8.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.2 min±7.6 min MOE

Worked from home7.6%±4.3 pp MOE

Drove alone82.7%±8.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.4%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 Carlinville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.7 min → 21.2 min▲ 4.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.4% → 7.6%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.5% → 82.7%▲ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Carlinville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.6% worked from home.

Drive alone82.7% ±8.0 pp

Carpool5.5% ±3.7 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp

Walk4.2% ±2.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp

Work from home7.6% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 2,204 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Carlinville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 27th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

27^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Carlinville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,204 workers age 16+, including 2,037 workers with reported travel time and 167 home workers.

Population estimate5,480± 312 MOE

Workers age 16+2,204± 270 MOE

Workers with travel time2,037± 278 MOE

Estimated home workers167± 98 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 Carlinville 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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