ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17474232024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mascoutah, Illinois

Mean one-way trip23.5 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home12.4%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone73.6%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.5%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 commute25.3 min → 23.5 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.7% → 12.4%▲ 7.7 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.0%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.5% → 73.6%▼ 7.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.6% ±3.8 pp
Carpool11.3% ±4.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.0% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home12.4% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 4,529 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.

41thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

12th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,816± 229 MOE
Workers age 16+4,529± 337 MOE
Workers with travel time3,966± 313 MOE
Estimated home workers563± 160 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.