ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17054042024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Berkeley, Illinois

Mean one-way trip27.6 min±8.1 min MOE
Worked from home14.5%±9.5 pp MOE
Drove alone72.3%±6.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.0%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute28.4 min → 27.6 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 14.5%▲ 7.5 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 1.0%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.1% → 72.3%▼ 8.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.3% ±6.2 pp
Carpool11.4% ±8.0 pp
Public transit1.0% ±1.4 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home14.5% ±9.5 pp

Each share uses 2,483 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.

66thMean commute percentile

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

63thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,199± 22 MOE
Workers age 16+2,483± 417 MOE
Workers with travel time2,124± 321 MOE
Estimated home workers359± 243 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.