ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17650782024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rock Island, Illinois

Mean one-way trip19.3 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home10.3%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone75.8%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 commute18.8 min → 19.3 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.4% → 10.3%▲ 4.9 pp

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

Public transit1.8% → 1.7%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.5% → 75.8%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.8% ±3.1 pp
Carpool8.0% ±1.5 pp
Public transit1.7% ±0.8 pp
Walk3.3% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home10.3% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 16,092 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.

14thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

67thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

35th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate36,151± 422 MOE
Workers age 16+16,092± 778 MOE
Workers with travel time14,436± 787 MOE
Estimated home workers1,656± 282 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.