ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17623672024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Quincy, Illinois

Mean one-way trip13.6 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone77.1%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.3%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 commute13.6 min → 13.6 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.7% → 8.0%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.7%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.7% → 77.1%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.1% ±2.7 pp
Carpool8.8% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.4 pp
Walk3.4% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.5 pp
Work from home8.0% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 18,973 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.

1thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

18thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

43thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

1th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate39,109± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+18,973± 731 MOE
Workers with travel time17,448± 765 MOE
Estimated home workers1,525± 331 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.