What is the average commute in Macomb city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 15.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 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 17458892024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Macomb, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Macomb city, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.5 min one way; 8.1% worked from home, 75.2% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Macomb city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.1 percentage points.

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 Macomb city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.2%; 0.3% used public transit and 8.1% worked from home.

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

How Macomb city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

5^thMean commute percentile

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

31^thWork-from-home percentile

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

49^thTransit percentile

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

34^th60+ 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 Macomb city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,021 workers age 16+, including 6,455 workers with reported travel time and 566 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Illinois commute records for Macomb 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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