ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17599882024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pingree Grove, Illinois

Mean one-way trip32.4 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home10.7%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone75.3%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.7%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 commute35.0 min → 32.4 min▼ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.8% → 10.7%▲ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 1.9%▲ 1.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.1% → 75.3%▼ 3.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.3% ±4.5 pp
Carpool11.7% ±4.9 pp
Public transit1.9% ±2.1 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home10.7% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 5,302 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.

86thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thTransit percentile

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

57th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,914± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+5,302± 404 MOE
Workers with travel time4,733± 377 MOE
Estimated home workers569± 240 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.