ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17215532024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

East Alton, Illinois

Mean one-way trip21.8 min±5.3 min MOE
Worked from home11.6%±7.3 pp MOE
Drove alone66.5%±13.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.6%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 commute20.7 min → 21.8 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 11.6%▲ 6.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.4% → 66.5%▼ 17.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.5% ±13.9 pp
Carpool15.1% ±7.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk3.2% ±2.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home11.6% ±7.3 pp

Each share uses 2,959 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.

31thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1th60+ 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 the shares

Population estimate5,689± 17 MOE
Workers age 16+2,959± 312 MOE
Workers with travel time2,617± 418 MOE
Estimated home workers342± 220 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.