What is the average commute in Galesburg city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Galesburg city, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · IL · GEOID 17283262024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Galesburg, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Galesburg city, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.6 min one way; 5.5% worked from home, 74.6% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.6 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home5.5%±1.4 pp MOE

Drove alone74.6%±4.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.8%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 Galesburg city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.0 min → 16.6 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.7% → 5.5%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.7%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.9% → 74.6%▼ 2.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Galesburg city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.6%; 0.7% used public transit and 5.5% worked from home.

Drive alone74.6% ±4.1 pp

Carpool10.6% ±2.0 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.4 pp

Walk5.9% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.3 pp

Work from home5.5% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 11,769 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Galesburg city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

5^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

6^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

44^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

33^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Galesburg city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,769 workers age 16+, including 11,123 workers with reported travel time and 646 home workers.

Population estimate29,481± 30 MOE

Workers age 16+11,769± 565 MOE

Workers with travel time11,123± 591 MOE

Estimated home workers646± 167 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

Comparable Illinois commute records for Galesburg city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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