Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17791502024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Waterloo, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.8 min one way; 12.9% worked from home, 77.4% drove alone, and 5.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.8 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home12.9%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone77.4%±4.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.1%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 Waterloo city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Waterloo city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 12.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,769 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Waterloo city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 61th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Waterloo city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,769 workers age 16+, including 5,023 workers with reported travel time and 746 home workers.
Population estimate11,129± 38 MOE
Workers age 16+5,769± 278 MOE
Workers with travel time5,023± 349 MOE
Estimated home workers746± 252 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
All Illinois reports →Comparable Illinois commute records for Waterloo city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.