What is the average commute in DuPage County, 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 DuPage County, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 21.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.6 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.

COUNTY · IL · GEOID 170432024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

DuPage County, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for DuPage County, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.7 min one way; 21.5% worked from home, 64.9% drove alone, and 9.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.7 min±0.5 min MOE

Worked from home21.5%±0.6 pp MOE

Drove alone64.9%±0.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.8%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 DuPage County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.0 min → 27.7 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.0% → 21.5%▲ 7.5 pp

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

Public transit5.9% → 4.0%▼ 1.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.1% → 64.9%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How DuPage County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.9%; 4.0% used public transit and 21.5% worked from home.

Drive alone64.9% ±0.7 pp

Carpool6.8% ±0.3 pp

Public transit4.0% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.5% ±0.1 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp

Work from home21.5% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 476,233 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How DuPage County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 54th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

54^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

79^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

76^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

66^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind DuPage County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 476,233 workers age 16+, including 373,983 workers with reported travel time and 102,250 home workers.

Population estimate930,024± — MOE

Workers age 16+476,233± 3,349 MOE

Workers with travel time373,983± 4,085 MOE

Estimated home workers102,250± 2,892 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 DuPage County

These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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