ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17381152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Jacksonville, Illinois

Mean one-way trip16.0 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home7.7%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone80.9%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.4%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 commute17.3 min → 16.0 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 7.7%▲ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 1.4%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.4% → 80.9%▲ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.9% ±3.2 pp
Carpool8.1% ±3.1 pp
Public transit1.4% ±1.0 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home7.7% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 7,718 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.

6thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,014± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+7,718± 501 MOE
Workers with travel time7,126± 530 MOE
Estimated home workers592± 202 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.