ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17675482024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sandwich, Illinois

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

63thMean commute percentile

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

50thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72th60+ 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 the shares

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.