What is the average commute in Zion city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 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 17842202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Zion, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Zion city, Illinois
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.7 min one way; 8.1% worked from home, 72.4% drove alone, and 7.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.7 min±2.9 min MOE

Worked from home8.1%±2.0 pp MOE

Drove alone72.4%±2.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.5%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 Zion city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.6 min → 27.7 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.2% → 8.1%▲ 5.9 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 1.3%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.3% → 72.4%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Zion city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.4%; 1.3% used public transit and 8.1% worked from home.

Drive alone72.4% ±2.6 pp

Carpool13.7% ±3.1 pp

Public transit1.3% ±1.2 pp

Walk1.5% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp

Work from home8.1% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 11,794 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Zion city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 66th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

66^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

32^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Zion city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,794 workers age 16+, including 10,833 workers with reported travel time and 961 home workers.

Population estimate24,600± 39 MOE

Workers age 16+11,794± 638 MOE

Workers with travel time10,833± 593 MOE

Estimated home workers961± 244 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 Zion 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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