What is the average commute in Highland city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 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 17346702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Highland, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Highland city, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.3 min one way; 10.2% worked from home, 82.6% drove alone, and 2.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Highland city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.6 percentage points.

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 Highland city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.6%; 0.4% used public transit and 10.2% worked from home.

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

How Highland city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

64^thMean commute percentile

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

43^thWork-from-home percentile

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

53^thTransit percentile

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

9^th60+ 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 Highland city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,539 workers age 16+, including 4,973 workers with reported travel time and 566 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Illinois commute records for Highland 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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