2024 Compare Cities Commuting:
Bloomington, IN vs Carbondale, IL

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Highlights
- The average commute for residents of Carbondale is 1.8% shorter than it is for residents of Bloomington.
- 49.7% fewer residents of Carbondale work from home compared to residents of Bloomington.
 Bloomington, INCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Commute Time171527
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 Commute Mode
 Bloomington, INCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Auto (alone)58.4%65.2%73.2%
 Carpool8.8%11.3%8.6%
 Mass Transit4.2%3.9%4.2%
 Bicycle2.4%1.1%0.5%
 Walk11.3%10.8%2.5%
 Work at Home14.0%7.1%9.7%
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 Commute Time To Work
 Bloomington, INCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.4.3%9.5%2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.19.1%27.3%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.27.1%21.3%13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.22.8%9.7%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.9.4%14.4%14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.2.6%4.6%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.6.8%6.8%13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.1.0%1.2%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.1.4%0.9%4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.1.7%2.2%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.2.7%1.4%6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.1.1%0.7%2.9%
Reviews for Bloomington    25 Reviews

I have lived here for almost 23 years. Wonderful, cosmopolitan, safe, cultural, liberal, all-inclusive town, with plenty of arts, shopping, sports events and activities,  More

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Over 4 years ago

The city government of Bloomington is very famous for its corruption. The police of this city are famous for their inactivity and lack of professionalism. The judges  More

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Over 5 years ago

Terrible. There is nothing good about Bloomington, IN. Don’t live there. As for Catalent, there is one of those in my home town Woodstock, IL. It’s a pharmaceutical  More

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Reviews for Carbondale    7 Reviews

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 16 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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