ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IL · GEOID 171972024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Will County, Illinois

Mean one-way trip31.4 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home14.7%±0.5 pp MOE
Drove alone72.9%±0.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.1%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 commute32.5 min → 31.4 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.4% → 14.7%▲ 5.3 pp

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

Public transit3.2% → 2.0%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.4% → 72.9%▼ 5.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.9% ±0.7 pp
Carpool8.0% ±0.4 pp
Public transit2.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.1 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.0 pp
Work from home14.7% ±0.5 pp

Each share uses 354,486 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.

86thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

55thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

82th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 82% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate701,462± — MOE
Workers age 16+354,486± 2,565 MOE
Workers with travel time302,418± 2,772 MOE
Estimated home workers52,068± 1,790 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.