ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17360612024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hoopeston, Illinois

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.0 min one way; 15.1% worked from home, 64.0% drove alone, and 5.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.0 min±6.4 min MOE
Worked from home15.1%±7.5 pp MOE
Drove alone64.0%±19.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.6%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 Hoopeston city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.9 min → 19.0 min▲ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 15.1%▲ 8.2 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.2%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.7% → 64.0%▼ 15.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hoopeston city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.0%; 0.2% used public transit and 15.1% worked from home.

Drive alone64.0% ±19.4 pp
Carpool3.7% ±3.6 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp
Walk16.1% ±15.8 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp
Work from home15.1% ±7.5 pp

Each share uses 2,542 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hoopeston city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 16th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

16thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hoopeston city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,542 workers age 16+, including 2,157 workers with reported travel time and 385 home workers.

Population estimate5,034± 167 MOE
Workers age 16+2,542± 289 MOE
Workers with travel time2,157± 225 MOE
Estimated home workers385± 196 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 Hoopeston 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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