ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17500102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Monmouth, Illinois

Mean one-way trip15.5 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home7.5%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone75.0%±5.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.6%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 commute15.0 min → 15.5 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.8% → 7.5%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 1.3%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.8% → 75.0%▼ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.0% ±5.7 pp
Carpool7.8% ±2.6 pp
Public transit1.3% ±1.3 pp
Walk6.5% ±2.7 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home7.5% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 4,077 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.

28thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,581± 285 MOE
Workers age 16+4,077± 296 MOE
Workers with travel time3,771± 306 MOE
Estimated home workers306± 93 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.