ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17315892024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greenville, Illinois

Mean one-way trip21.6 min±6.1 min MOE
Worked from home7.7%±4.9 pp MOE
Drove alone79.0%±8.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.9%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 commute21.8 min → 21.6 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 7.7%▲ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.8% → 79.0%▲ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.0% ±8.7 pp
Carpool4.6% ±3.5 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.3 pp
Walk7.9% ±5.0 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±1.3 pp
Work from home7.7% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 2,828 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.

30thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 70% 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.

42thTransit percentile

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

81th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,235± 227 MOE
Workers age 16+2,828± 288 MOE
Workers with travel time2,611± 322 MOE
Estimated home workers217± 139 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.