Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17590002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Peoria, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.9 min one way; 11.6% worked from home, 74.6% drove alone, and 2.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip17.9 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home11.6%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone74.6%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.6%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 Peoria city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.5 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 Peoria city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.6%; 1.7% used public transit and 11.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 49,630 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Peoria city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Peoria city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 49,630 workers age 16+, including 43,850 workers with reported travel time and 5,780 home workers.
Population estimate112,169± 332 MOE
Workers age 16+49,630± 1,059 MOE
Workers with travel time43,850± 1,130 MOE
Estimated home workers5,780± 592 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 Peoria city
These 6 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.