What is the average commute in Pontiac city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 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 17610152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pontiac, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Pontiac city, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.7 min one way; 5.5% worked from home, 79.9% drove alone, and 4.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.7 min±3.1 min MOE

Worked from home5.5%±2.4 pp MOE

Drove alone79.9%±4.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.5%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 Pontiac city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.2 min → 16.7 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.7% → 5.5%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.5% → 79.9%▲ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Pontiac city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.5% worked from home.

Drive alone79.9% ±4.6 pp

Carpool8.5% ±2.9 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp

Walk3.6% ±2.6 pp

Bicycle1.5% ±1.2 pp

Work from home5.5% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 4,585 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Pontiac city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

8^thMean commute percentile

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

16^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Pontiac city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,585 workers age 16+, including 4,332 workers with reported travel time and 253 home workers.

Population estimate11,294± 294 MOE

Workers age 16+4,585± 354 MOE

Workers with travel time4,332± 352 MOE

Estimated home workers253± 110 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 Pontiac 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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