ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17388302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Justice, Illinois

Mean one-way trip31.5 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home9.0%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone75.2%±7.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.9%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 commute32.7 min → 31.5 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 9.0%▲ 4.5 pp

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

Public transit5.2% → 5.3%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.5% → 75.2%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.2% ±7.6 pp
Carpool8.9% ±4.6 pp
Public transit5.3% ±2.9 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home9.0% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 6,002 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.

83thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,324± 40 MOE
Workers age 16+6,002± 533 MOE
Workers with travel time5,461± 648 MOE
Estimated home workers541± 249 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.