What is the average commute in Sandwich city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 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 17675482024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sandwich, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Sandwich city, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.1 min one way; 11.7% worked from home, 81.2% drove alone, and 10.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.1 min±4.2 min MOE

Worked from home11.7%±4.3 pp MOE

Drove alone81.2%±4.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.3%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 Sandwich city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.8 min → 27.1 min▼ 3.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.8% → 11.7%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.0%▼ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.1% → 81.2%▲ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sandwich city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 11.7% worked from home.

Drive alone81.2% ±4.5 pp

Carpool4.0% ±2.6 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk2.1% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle1.1% ±1.1 pp

Work from home11.7% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 3,407 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sandwich city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

63^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 50% 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.

72^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sandwich city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,407 workers age 16+, including 3,010 workers with reported travel time and 397 home workers.

Population estimate7,219± 214 MOE

Workers age 16+3,407± 253 MOE

Workers with travel time3,010± 272 MOE

Estimated home workers397± 148 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 Sandwich 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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