ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17185632024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Danville, Illinois

Mean one-way trip14.4 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home9.0%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone78.6%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.4%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 commute15.3 min → 14.4 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 9.0%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 1.2%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.1% → 78.6%▲ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.6% ±3.1 pp
Carpool7.5% ±1.9 pp
Public transit1.2% ±1.2 pp
Walk2.8% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home9.0% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 10,412 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.

1thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

23thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

58thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% 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 estimate28,595± 309 MOE
Workers age 16+10,412± 535 MOE
Workers with travel time9,480± 526 MOE
Estimated home workers932± 203 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.