Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17220732024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
East Moline, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.0 min one way; 5.2% worked from home, 78.1% drove alone, and 1.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.0 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home5.2%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone78.1%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.9%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 East Moline city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.7 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 East Moline city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.1%; 1.0% used public transit and 5.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 8,574 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How East Moline city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 16th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind East Moline city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 8,574 workers age 16+, including 8,125 workers with reported travel time and 449 home workers.
Population estimate20,904± 409 MOE
Workers age 16+8,574± 510 MOE
Workers with travel time8,125± 523 MOE
Estimated home workers449± 168 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 East Moline city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.