What is the average commute in Paris city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 1.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.6 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 17576282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Paris, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Paris city, Illinois
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.0 min one way; 1.4% worked from home, 84.7% drove alone, and 2.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.0 min±3.6 min MOE

Worked from home1.4%±1.6 pp MOE

Drove alone84.7%±3.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.1%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 Paris city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -2.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.0 min → 14.0 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.1% → 1.4%▼ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 2.0%▲ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.0% → 84.7%▲ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Paris city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.7%; 2.0% used public transit and 1.4% worked from home.

Drive alone84.7% ±3.8 pp

Carpool7.5% ±4.5 pp

Public transit2.0% ±2.0 pp

Walk3.9% ±2.5 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp

Work from home1.4% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 3,809 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Paris city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

3^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

9^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Paris city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,809 workers age 16+, including 3,756 workers with reported travel time and 53 home workers.

Population estimate8,276± 207 MOE

Workers age 16+3,809± 350 MOE

Workers with travel time3,756± 352 MOE

Estimated home workers53± 63 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 Paris 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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