ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17346702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Highland, Illinois

Mean one-way trip27.3 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home10.2%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone82.6%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.1%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 commute28.4 min → 27.3 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.6% → 10.2%▲ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit2.5% → 0.4%▼ 2.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.9% → 82.6%▲ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone82.6% ±5.1 pp
Carpool5.4% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp
Work from home10.2% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 5,539 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.

64thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

9th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,262± 318 MOE
Workers age 16+5,539± 401 MOE
Workers with travel time4,973± 413 MOE
Estimated home workers566± 219 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.