ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17038442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Barrington, Illinois

Mean one-way trip30.5 min±5.6 min MOE
Worked from home33.9%±5.1 pp MOE
Drove alone55.1%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.5%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 commute32.4 min → 30.5 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home22.8% → 33.9%▲ 11.1 pp

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

Public transit9.4% → 5.6%▼ 3.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.0% → 55.1%▼ 7.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone55.1% ±5.3 pp
Carpool3.6% ±2.1 pp
Public transit5.6% ±1.8 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home33.9% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 4,637 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.

79thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,077± 644 MOE
Workers age 16+4,637± 404 MOE
Workers with travel time3,067± 360 MOE
Estimated home workers1,570± 272 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.