ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17770052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Urbana, Illinois

Mean one-way trip14.2 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home18.6%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone48.4%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.3%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 commute15.4 min → 14.2 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.4% → 18.6%▲ 8.2 pp

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

Public transit9.2% → 7.0%▼ 2.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone51.7% → 48.4%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone48.4% ±3.9 pp
Carpool7.9% ±1.9 pp
Public transit7.0% ±2.1 pp
Walk13.9% ±2.5 pp
Bicycle2.9% ±1.0 pp
Work from home18.6% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 19,010 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.

1thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

93thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

0th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 100% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate39,341± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+19,010± 1,136 MOE
Workers with travel time15,477± 1,097 MOE
Estimated home workers3,533± 543 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.