ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17155992024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Collinsville, Illinois

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.2 min one way; 12.7% worked from home, 74.7% drove alone, and 3.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.2 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home12.7%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone74.7%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.8%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 Collinsville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.1 min → 24.2 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 12.7%▲ 6.2 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.3%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.8% → 74.7%▼ 8.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Collinsville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.7%; 0.3% used public transit and 12.7% worked from home.

Drive alone74.7% ±5.1 pp
Carpool11.2% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home12.7% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 12,077 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Collinsville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 46th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

46thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 51% 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 Collinsville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,077 workers age 16+, including 10,542 workers with reported travel time and 1,535 home workers.

Population estimate24,031± 38 MOE
Workers age 16+12,077± 528 MOE
Workers with travel time10,542± 684 MOE
Estimated home workers1,535± 342 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 Collinsville 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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