ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17590262024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Peoria Heights, Illinois

Mean one-way trip16.7 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.4%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone79.0%±3.6 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute16.8 min → 16.7 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 7.4%▲ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 1.4%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.3% → 79.0%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.0% ±3.6 pp
Carpool11.1% ±5.2 pp
Public transit1.4% ±1.3 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp
Work from home7.4% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 3,098 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.

8thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,825± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+3,098± 295 MOE
Workers with travel time2,869± 297 MOE
Estimated home workers229± 111 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.