ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 170892024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kane County, Illinois

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute28.7 min → 27.8 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.0% → 15.9%▲ 4.9 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 1.6%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.6% → 70.7%▼ 3.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.7% ±0.8 pp
Carpool8.9% ±0.5 pp
Public transit1.6% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp
Work from home15.9% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 265,318 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

44thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

47thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

60th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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.