What is the average commute in Beach Park village, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Beach Park village, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · IL · GEOID 17043032024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Beach Park, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Beach Park village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.7 min one way; 10.2% worked from home, 71.9% drove alone, and 9.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.7 min±5.6 min MOE

Worked from home10.2%±3.4 pp MOE

Drove alone71.9%±7.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.0%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 Beach Park village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.8 min → 27.7 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.6% → 10.2%▲ 5.6 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 3.1%▲ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.3% → 71.9%▼ 6.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Beach Park village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.9%; 3.1% used public transit and 10.2% worked from home.

Drive alone71.9% ±7.6 pp

Carpool14.2% ±4.8 pp

Public transit3.1% ±2.6 pp

Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home10.2% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 6,440 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Beach Park village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 66th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

66^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Beach Park village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,440 workers age 16+, including 5,786 workers with reported travel time and 654 home workers.

Population estimate14,115± 758 MOE

Workers age 16+6,440± 737 MOE

Workers with travel time5,786± 743 MOE

Estimated home workers654± 231 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

Comparable Illinois commute records for Beach Park village

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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