What is the average commute in Kankakee city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Kankakee city, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.6 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · IL · GEOID 17389342024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kankakee, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Kankakee city, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.0 min one way; 4.7% worked from home, 75.1% drove alone, and 6.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.0 min±2.5 min MOE

Worked from home4.7%±1.6 pp MOE

Drove alone75.1%±4.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.9%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 Kankakee city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.7 min → 22.0 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.9% → 4.7%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit3.6% → 2.7%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.8% → 75.1%▼ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Kankakee city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.1%; 2.7% used public transit and 4.7% worked from home.

Drive alone75.1% ±4.3 pp

Carpool12.9% ±2.8 pp

Public transit2.7% ±1.4 pp

Walk2.6% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home4.7% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 9,478 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Kankakee city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 32th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

32^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

12^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52^th60+ 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 Kankakee city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,478 workers age 16+, including 9,036 workers with reported travel time and 442 home workers.

Population estimate23,996± 499 MOE

Workers age 16+9,478± 554 MOE

Workers with travel time9,036± 570 MOE

Estimated home workers442± 157 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 Kankakee 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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