ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17461362024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mahomet, Illinois

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.6 min one way; 16.5% worked from home, 75.5% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.6 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home16.5%±5.0 pp MOE
Drove alone75.5%±5.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%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 Mahomet village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 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 commute19.9 min → 20.6 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.4% → 16.5%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.9% → 75.5%▼ 7.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mahomet village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 16.5% worked from home.

Drive alone75.5% ±5.9 pp
Carpool7.5% ±3.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home16.5% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 4,738 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mahomet village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 24th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

24thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Mahomet village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,738 workers age 16+, including 3,955 workers with reported travel time and 783 home workers.

Population estimate10,049± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+4,738± 360 MOE
Workers with travel time3,955± 418 MOE
Estimated home workers783± 245 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 Mahomet village

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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