ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17376082024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Inverness, Illinois

Mean one-way trip26.1 min±8.4 min MOE
Worked from home29.5%±5.2 pp MOE
Drove alone62.9%±14.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.8%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 commute29.4 min → 26.1 min▼ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.3% → 29.5%▲ 16.2 pp

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

Public transit7.4% → 3.4%▼ 4.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.2% → 62.9%▼ 10.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone62.9% ±14.0 pp
Carpool1.3% ±1.4 pp
Public transit3.4% ±1.9 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home29.5% ±5.2 pp

Each share uses 3,147 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.

58thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,275± 638 MOE
Workers age 16+3,147± 523 MOE
Workers with travel time2,219± 545 MOE
Estimated home workers928± 226 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.