ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17052482024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bensenville, Illinois

Mean one-way trip25.8 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home13.8%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone71.1%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.4%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 commute27.3 min → 25.8 min▼ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 13.8%▲ 6.9 pp

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

Public transit3.2% → 2.4%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.1% → 71.1%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.1% ±5.1 pp
Carpool10.1% ±2.6 pp
Public transit2.4% ±1.2 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp
Work from home13.8% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 9,141 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.

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,603± 36 MOE
Workers age 16+9,141± 592 MOE
Workers with travel time7,878± 605 MOE
Estimated home workers1,263± 268 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.