ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17761992024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Troy, Illinois

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.7 min one way; 12.3% worked from home, 81.1% drove alone, and 3.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.7 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home12.3%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone81.1%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 Troy 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 +6.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.7 min → 25.7 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.3% → 12.3%▲ 6.0 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.6% → 81.1%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Troy city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.1%; 0.2% used public transit and 12.3% worked from home.

Drive alone81.1% ±5.5 pp
Carpool5.7% ±4.2 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home12.3% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 5,807 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Troy city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 55th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

55thMean commute percentile

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

53thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Troy city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,807 workers age 16+, including 5,093 workers with reported travel time and 714 home workers.

Population estimate11,647± 162 MOE
Workers age 16+5,807± 426 MOE
Workers with travel time5,093± 497 MOE
Estimated home workers714± 234 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 Troy 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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