What is the average commute in Rock Falls city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 15.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 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 17649282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rock Falls, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Rock Falls city, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.7 min one way; 6.8% worked from home, 78.1% drove alone, and 0.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.7 min±2.6 min MOE

Worked from home6.8%±3.2 pp MOE

Drove alone78.1%±6.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip0.9%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 Rock Falls city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -6.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.3 min → 15.7 min▼ 6.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.1% → 6.8%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 1.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.9% → 78.1%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Rock Falls city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.1%; 1.1% used public transit and 6.8% worked from home.

Drive alone78.1% ±6.7 pp

Carpool9.8% ±3.4 pp

Public transit1.1% ±1.5 pp

Walk1.9% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle2.0% ±1.8 pp

Work from home6.8% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 3,680 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Rock Falls city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 6th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

6^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

24^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Rock Falls city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,680 workers age 16+, including 3,431 workers with reported travel time and 249 home workers.

Population estimate8,587± 305 MOE

Workers age 16+3,680± 353 MOE

Workers with travel time3,431± 361 MOE

Estimated home workers249± 120 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 Rock Falls 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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