ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17278842024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Freeport, Illinois

Mean one-way trip15.9 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home10.1%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone74.4%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.9%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 the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute18.0 min → 15.9 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 10.1%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 1.0%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.1% → 74.4%▼ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.4% ±3.2 pp
Carpool10.0% ±2.9 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk2.5% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home10.1% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 10,466 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.

6thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate23,505± 40 MOE
Workers age 16+10,466± 459 MOE
Workers with travel time9,405± 479 MOE
Estimated home workers1,061± 260 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.