ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17384142024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Jerseyville, Illinois

Mean one-way trip25.0 min±5.9 min MOE
Worked from home10.6%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone79.9%±7.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.6%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute24.2 min → 25.0 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 10.6%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.8%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.9% → 79.9%▼ 5.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.9% ±7.8 pp
Carpool6.1% ±4.2 pp
Public transit0.8% ±1.3 pp
Walk1.1% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp
Work from home10.6% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 3,426 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.

51thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thWork-from-home percentile

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

65thTransit percentile

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

68th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,445± 711 MOE
Workers age 16+3,426± 450 MOE
Workers with travel time3,064± 451 MOE
Estimated home workers362± 130 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.