Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 170892024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Kane County, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.8 min one way; 15.9% worked from home, 70.7% drove alone, and 8.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.8 min±0.7 min MOE
Worked from home15.9%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone70.7%±0.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.8%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 Kane County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.9 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 Kane County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.7%; 1.6% used public transit and 15.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 265,318 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Kane County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 56th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 60% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Kane County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 265,318 workers age 16+, including 223,182 workers with reported travel time and 42,136 home workers.
Population estimate517,255± — MOE
Workers age 16+265,318± 2,357 MOE
Workers with travel time223,182± 2,725 MOE
Estimated home workers42,136± 1,911 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 Kane County
These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.