What is the average commute in Sterling city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 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 17725462024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sterling, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Sterling city, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.1 min one way; 5.8% worked from home, 78.6% drove alone, and 6.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.1 min±2.9 min MOE

Worked from home5.8%±1.7 pp MOE

Drove alone78.6%±5.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.2%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 Sterling city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.8 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 → 18.1 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.0% → 5.8%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.3%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.0% → 78.6%▲ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Sterling city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.6%; 0.3% used public transit and 5.8% worked from home.

Drive alone78.6% ±5.1 pp

Carpool8.1% ±2.2 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp

Walk4.6% ±2.3 pp

Bicycle2.1% ±1.4 pp

Work from home5.8% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 7,104 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Sterling city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

12^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thWork-from-home percentile

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

50^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Sterling city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,104 workers age 16+, including 6,695 workers with reported travel time and 409 home workers.

Population estimate14,717± 370 MOE

Workers age 16+7,104± 475 MOE

Workers with travel time6,695± 518 MOE

Estimated home workers409± 122 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 Sterling 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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