Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17188232024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Decatur, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.7 min one way; 8.4% worked from home, 78.4% drove alone, and 3.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip17.7 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home8.4%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone78.4%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 Decatur city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Decatur city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.4%; 1.4% used public transit and 8.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 28,649 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Decatur city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 9th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Decatur city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 28,649 workers age 16+, including 26,244 workers with reported travel time and 2,405 home workers.
Population estimate69,815± 547 MOE
Workers age 16+28,649± 833 MOE
Workers with travel time26,244± 822 MOE
Estimated home workers2,405± 471 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
All Illinois reports →Comparable Illinois commute records for Decatur city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.