ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17502182024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Montgomery, Illinois

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

89thMean commute percentile

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

51thWork-from-home percentile

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

60thTransit percentile

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

82th60+ 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 the shares

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.