ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17618992024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Princeton, Illinois

Mean one-way trip18.2 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home7.2%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone72.1%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.1%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 commute15.4 min → 18.2 min▲ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.8% → 7.2%▼ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.3%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.9% → 72.1%▼ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.1% ±4.6 pp
Carpool13.4% ±4.2 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp
Walk3.6% ±2.3 pp
Bicycle2.8% ±2.9 pp
Work from home7.2% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 3,676 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.

13thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,975± 213 MOE
Workers age 16+3,676± 267 MOE
Workers with travel time3,411± 266 MOE
Estimated home workers265± 107 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.