Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17038442024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Barrington, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.5 min one way; 33.9% worked from home, 55.1% drove alone, and 13.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
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 Barrington village's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +11.1 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 Barrington village residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 55.1%; 5.6% used public transit and 33.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 4,637 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Barrington village compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 79th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Barrington village's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 4,637 workers age 16+, including 3,067 workers with reported travel time and 1,570 home workers.
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.
05 / SAME STATE
All Illinois reports →Comparable Illinois commute records for Barrington village
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.