What is the average commute in Springfield city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 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 17720002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Springfield, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Springfield city, Illinois
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.4 min one way; 14.5% worked from home, 74.7% drove alone, and 3.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.4 min±1.1 min MOE

Worked from home14.5%±1.5 pp MOE

Drove alone74.7%±2.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.2%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 Springfield city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.5 min → 17.4 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.7% → 14.5%▲ 5.8 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 1.3%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.6% → 74.7%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Springfield city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.7%; 1.3% used public transit and 14.5% worked from home.

Drive alone74.7% ±2.0 pp

Carpool6.1% ±1.0 pp

Public transit1.3% ±0.4 pp

Walk1.8% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.2 pp

Work from home14.5% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 50,004 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Springfield city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

59^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

56^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

14^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Springfield city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 50,004 workers age 16+, including 42,759 workers with reported travel time and 7,245 home workers.

Population estimate113,330± 437 MOE

Workers age 16+50,004± 1,613 MOE

Workers with travel time42,759± 1,595 MOE

Estimated home workers7,245± 793 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 Springfield city

These 6 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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