ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17124762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Channahon, Illinois

Mean one-way trip30.3 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home10.5%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone80.9%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.2%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 commute32.7 min → 30.3 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 10.5%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.5%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.0% → 80.9%▼ 4.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.9% ±4.6 pp
Carpool7.4% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home10.5% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 7,099 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.

78thMean commute percentile

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

44thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,927± 690 MOE
Workers age 16+7,099± 471 MOE
Workers with travel time6,357± 508 MOE
Estimated home workers742± 223 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.