ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17222552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

East St. Louis, Illinois

Mean one-way trip23.3 min±4.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.6%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone69.3%±7.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.5%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 commute24.0 min → 23.3 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.3% → 7.6%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit5.1% → 3.2%▼ 2.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.4% → 69.3%▼ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.3% ±7.7 pp
Carpool16.3% ±6.1 pp
Public transit3.2% ±1.5 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home7.6% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 6,158 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.

40thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate17,999± 26 MOE
Workers age 16+6,158± 675 MOE
Workers with travel time5,690± 713 MOE
Estimated home workers468± 221 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.