ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17350472024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hillsboro, Illinois

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.4 min one way; 7.5% worked from home, 79.0% drove alone, and 12.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.4 min±7.0 min MOE
Worked from home7.5%±5.9 pp MOE
Drove alone79.0%±9.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.5%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 Hillsboro city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -13.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.7 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute34.3 min → 20.4 min▼ 13.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.8% → 7.5%▲ 5.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.3% → 79.0%▼ 8.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hillsboro city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.5% worked from home.

Drive alone79.0% ±9.8 pp
Carpool4.0% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.1 pp
Walk4.5% ±6.3 pp
Bicycle1.1% ±1.7 pp
Work from home7.5% ±5.9 pp

Each share uses 1,604 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hillsboro city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 23th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hillsboro city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,604 workers age 16+, including 1,483 workers with reported travel time and 121 home workers.

Population estimate5,803± 277 MOE
Workers age 16+1,604± 258 MOE
Workers with travel time1,483± 237 MOE
Estimated home workers121± 96 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 Hillsboro 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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