Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17603522024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Plano, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.5 min one way; 6.9% worked from home, 81.8% drove alone, and 8.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.5 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home6.9%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone81.8%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.7%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 Plano city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.2 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 Plano city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.8%; 1.6% used public transit and 6.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 6,615 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Plano city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 65th 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 higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Plano city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 6,615 workers age 16+, including 6,156 workers with reported travel time and 459 home workers.
Population estimate12,203± 722 MOE
Workers age 16+6,615± 615 MOE
Workers with travel time6,156± 594 MOE
Estimated home workers459± 204 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 Plano city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.