What is the average commute in Robinson city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 13.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 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 17647072024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Robinson, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Robinson city, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.4 min one way; 6.2% worked from home, 84.4% drove alone, and 4.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.4 min±3.9 min MOE

Worked from home6.2%±3.9 pp MOE

Drove alone84.4%±11.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.6%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 Robinson city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -2.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute13.1 min → 13.4 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.1% → 6.2%▼ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.0%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.2% → 84.4%▲ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Robinson city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.2% worked from home.

Drive alone84.4% ±11.8 pp

Carpool5.5% ±3.5 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp

Walk2.8% ±2.0 pp

Bicycle1.1% ±1.6 pp

Work from home6.2% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 2,959 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Robinson city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

3^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

20^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% 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.

33^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Robinson city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,959 workers age 16+, including 2,777 workers with reported travel time and 182 home workers.

Population estimate7,084± 330 MOE

Workers age 16+2,959± 296 MOE

Workers with travel time2,777± 274 MOE

Estimated home workers182± 117 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 Robinson 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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