ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17030122024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Aurora, Illinois

Mean one-way trip27.2 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home16.1%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone67.0%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.9%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 → 27.2 min▼ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.6% → 16.1%▲ 6.5 pp

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

Public transit4.1% → 2.6%▼ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.5% → 67.0%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.0% ±1.4 pp
Carpool11.2% ±0.9 pp
Public transit2.6% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home16.1% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 93,709 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

67thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

67thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

74thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

69th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate179,898± 487 MOE
Workers age 16+93,709± 1,642 MOE
Workers with travel time78,579± 1,698 MOE
Estimated home workers15,130± 833 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.