ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17212672024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Du Quoin, Illinois

Mean one-way trip20.3 min±5.7 min MOE
Worked from home2.3%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone83.2%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.2%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 commute20.3 min → 20.3 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.0% → 2.3%▲ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit2.4% → 0.3%▼ 2.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.5% → 83.2%▼ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.2% ±6.1 pp
Carpool6.2% ±3.9 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.6 pp
Walk5.1% ±3.0 pp
Bicycle2.5% ±2.7 pp
Work from home2.3% ±1.8 pp

Each share uses 1,815 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.

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,726± 18 MOE
Workers age 16+1,815± 310 MOE
Workers with travel time1,774± 309 MOE
Estimated home workers41± 34 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.