ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17115142024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Carterville, Illinois

Mean one-way trip20.2 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home9.1%±4.6 pp MOE
Drove alone82.4%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 commute21.5 min → 20.2 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.0% → 9.1%▲ 5.1 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.0%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone90.7% → 82.4%▼ 8.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone82.4% ±3.8 pp
Carpool7.2% ±3.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.3% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home9.1% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 2,739 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.

22thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

24th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,818± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+2,739± 339 MOE
Workers with travel time2,489± 331 MOE
Estimated home workers250± 129 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.