ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17221642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

East Peoria, Illinois

Mean one-way trip20.8 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home9.4%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone80.5%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.5%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 commute18.4 min → 20.8 min▲ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.6% → 9.4%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 1.3%▲ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.6% → 80.5%▼ 6.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.5% ±2.6 pp
Carpool6.4% ±1.8 pp
Public transit1.3% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.4% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 11,295 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.

26thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate22,324± 309 MOE
Workers age 16+11,295± 530 MOE
Workers with travel time10,233± 516 MOE
Estimated home workers1,062± 265 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.