ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17741192024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Swansea, Illinois

Mean one-way trip24.1 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home15.2%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone76.2%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 commute23.6 min → 24.1 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 15.2%▲ 6.9 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.7%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.2% → 76.2%▼ 9.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.2% ±5.6 pp
Carpool6.5% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home15.2% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 7,104 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.

45thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,710± 530 MOE
Workers age 16+7,104± 625 MOE
Workers with travel time6,023± 683 MOE
Estimated home workers1,081± 300 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.