Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17569262024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Ottawa, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.7 min one way; 5.2% worked from home, 82.2% drove alone, and 9.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.7 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home5.2%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone82.2%±8.6 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 Ottawa city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 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.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Ottawa city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.2%; 0.2% used public transit and 5.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 8,085 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Ottawa city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 36th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Ottawa city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 8,085 workers age 16+, including 7,665 workers with reported travel time and 420 home workers.
Population estimate18,447± 584 MOE
Workers age 16+8,085± 602 MOE
Workers with travel time7,665± 572 MOE
Estimated home workers420± 135 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
All Illinois reports →Comparable Illinois commute records for Ottawa city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.