Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17296392024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Glen Carbon, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.4 min one way; 20.9% worked from home, 76.2% drove alone, and 5.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.4 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home20.9%±5.0 pp MOE
Drove alone76.2%±5.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 Glen Carbon village's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.5 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 Glen Carbon village residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.2%; 0.6% used public transit and 20.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,008 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Glen Carbon village compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 59th 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 higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Glen Carbon village's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,008 workers age 16+, including 5,546 workers with reported travel time and 1,462 home workers.
Population estimate13,977± 462 MOE
Workers age 16+7,008± 384 MOE
Workers with travel time5,546± 463 MOE
Estimated home workers1,462± 357 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 Glen Carbon village
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.