ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17508682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mount Carmel, Illinois

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.3 min one way; 2.9% worked from home, 79.0% drove alone, and 9.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.3 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home2.9%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone79.0%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.4%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 Mount Carmel city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.8 min → 22.3 min▲ 3.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.7% → 2.9%▲ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.3% → 79.0%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Mount Carmel city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 2.9% worked from home.

Drive alone79.0% ±5.3 pp
Carpool12.5% ±3.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk3.7% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp
Work from home2.9% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 2,804 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Mount Carmel city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 34th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

34thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Mount Carmel city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,804 workers age 16+, including 2,724 workers with reported travel time and 80 home workers.

Population estimate6,854± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+2,804± 234 MOE
Workers with travel time2,724± 225 MOE
Estimated home workers80± 54 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 Mount Carmel 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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