ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17559122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Olney, Illinois

Mean one-way trip17.2 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home5.0%±2.1 pp MOE
Drove alone80.7%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.1%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 commute20.5 min → 17.2 min▼ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 5.0%▲ 0.5 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.2% → 80.7%▼ 1.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.7% ±6.7 pp
Carpool9.5% ±3.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.3% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±1.0 pp
Work from home5.0% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 3,794 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.

9thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

54th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,577± 277 MOE
Workers age 16+3,794± 293 MOE
Workers with travel time3,603± 301 MOE
Estimated home workers191± 80 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.