ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17123852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Champaign, Illinois

Mean one-way trip14.9 min±0.9 min MOE
Worked from home17.3%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone58.7%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute15.2 min → 14.9 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.0% → 17.3%▲ 8.3 pp

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

Public transit5.3% → 4.5%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.3% → 58.7%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone58.7% ±1.9 pp
Carpool8.1% ±1.4 pp
Public transit4.5% ±1.2 pp
Walk8.9% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle1.6% ±0.5 pp
Work from home17.3% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 42,924 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.

2thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

65thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

1th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate89,996± 68 MOE
Workers age 16+42,924± 1,217 MOE
Workers with travel time35,490± 1,169 MOE
Estimated home workers7,434± 708 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.