ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17458892024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Macomb, Illinois

Mean one-way trip15.5 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home8.1%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone75.2%±4.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 commute13.0 min → 15.5 min▲ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.0% → 8.1%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.3%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.6% → 75.2%▲ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.2% ±4.3 pp
Carpool7.5% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp
Walk6.9% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle1.5% ±1.4 pp
Work from home8.1% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 7,021 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.

5thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,894± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+7,021± 429 MOE
Workers with travel time6,455± 434 MOE
Estimated home workers566± 147 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.