ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17300292024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Glenwood, Illinois

Mean one-way trip30.2 min±6.3 min MOE
Worked from home9.3%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone75.3%±8.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.1%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 commute35.0 min → 30.2 min▼ 4.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 9.3%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit7.5% → 2.6%▼ 4.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.7% → 75.3%▲ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.3% ±8.4 pp
Carpool5.5% ±2.8 pp
Public transit2.6% ±2.1 pp
Walk5.1% ±5.9 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.3% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 3,614 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.

78thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% 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.

83thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,603± 470 MOE
Workers age 16+3,614± 489 MOE
Workers with travel time3,277± 420 MOE
Estimated home workers337± 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.