ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17506212024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Morton, Illinois

Mean one-way trip16.6 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home11.8%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone80.0%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.7%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 commute17.2 min → 16.6 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.0% → 11.8%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.1% → 80.0%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.0% ±4.1 pp
Carpool4.1% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.3 pp
Walk3.4% ±2.3 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home11.8% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 7,606 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.

8thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% 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.

42thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

6th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,595± 1,000 MOE
Workers age 16+7,606± 635 MOE
Workers with travel time6,710± 620 MOE
Estimated home workers896± 223 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.