What is the average commute in Montgomery village, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 33.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Montgomery village, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 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 17502182024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Montgomery, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Montgomery village, Illinois
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.4 min one way; 12.0% worked from home, 80.6% drove alone, and 12.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.4 min±4.7 min MOE

Worked from home12.0%±2.9 pp MOE

Drove alone80.6%±3.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.9%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 Montgomery village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.2 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute33.9 min → 33.4 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.8% → 12.0%▲ 5.2 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.6%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.5% → 80.6%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Montgomery village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.6%; 0.6% used public transit and 12.0% worked from home.

Drive alone80.6% ±3.7 pp

Carpool5.1% ±2.6 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home12.0% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 11,549 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Montgomery village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 89th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

89^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Montgomery village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,549 workers age 16+, including 10,168 workers with reported travel time and 1,381 home workers.

Population estimate21,515± 487 MOE

Workers age 16+11,549± 727 MOE

Workers with travel time10,168± 793 MOE

Estimated home workers1,381± 348 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 Montgomery 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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