McDonough, IL County has a range of public transportation options available for its residents. The primary option for those looking to travel within the county is the Burlington Trailways bus service. This bus runs from Macomb to Galesburg and makes stops in all the cities and towns in between, including McDonough. For those who need to travel outside of the county, there is also Amtrak's Lincoln Service train line which runs from St. Louis to Chicago and stops in the nearby communities of Springfield, Carlinville, and Jacksonville. Additionally, Greyhound Bus Lines offers services out of Macomb on routes extending into Illinois and other states in the Midwest. Commuters have additional public transportation options through several local taxi companies as well as Uber in some areas of the county. All these transportation options provide McDonough County with convenient access to neighboring towns and cities across Illinois and beyond.
The typical American commute has been getting longer each year since 2010. The average one-way commute in McDonough County takes 15.6 minutes. That's shorter than the US average of 26.4 minutes.
How people in McDonough County get to work:
- 76.9% drive their own car alone
- 8.5% carpool with others
- 3.7% work from home
- 1.2% take mass transit