What is the average commute in Clinton city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 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 17150012024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clinton, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Clinton city, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.0 min one way; 8.5% worked from home, 80.2% drove alone, and 0.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.0 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home8.5%±3.1 pp MOE

Drove alone80.2%±5.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip0.5%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 Clinton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 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 commute20.4 min → 19.0 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 8.5%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.4%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.6% → 80.2%▲ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Clinton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.2%; 0.4% used public transit and 8.5% worked from home.

Drive alone80.2% ±5.8 pp

Carpool7.5% ±3.7 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.6 pp

Walk3.1% ±2.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home8.5% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 3,281 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Clinton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 16th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

16^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Clinton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,281 workers age 16+, including 3,001 workers with reported travel time and 280 home workers.

Population estimate6,985± 313 MOE

Workers age 16+3,281± 311 MOE

Workers with travel time3,001± 311 MOE

Estimated home workers280± 106 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 Clinton 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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