What is the average commute in Monticello city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Monticello city, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 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 17502442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Monticello, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Monticello city, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.2 min one way; 6.7% worked from home, 90.6% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.2 min±4.1 min MOE

Worked from home6.7%±3.5 pp MOE

Drove alone90.6%±4.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.0%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 Monticello city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.1 min → 23.2 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.2% → 6.7%▼ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.6% → 90.6%▲ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Monticello city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 90.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.7% worked from home.

Drive alone90.6% ±4.8 pp

Carpool2.3% ±2.3 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.3% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home6.7% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 3,454 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Monticello city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 40th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

40^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

24^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

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

26^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Monticello city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,454 workers age 16+, including 3,221 workers with reported travel time and 233 home workers.

Population estimate6,304± 218 MOE

Workers age 16+3,454± 287 MOE

Workers with travel time3,221± 300 MOE

Estimated home workers233± 122 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 Monticello city

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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