ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17065872024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bloomingdale, Illinois

Mean one-way trip27.0 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home18.8%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone73.2%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.7%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 commute27.2 min → 27.0 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.4% → 18.8%▲ 7.4 pp

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

Public transit2.3% → 2.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.7% → 73.2%▼ 5.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.2% ±3.0 pp
Carpool4.0% ±1.3 pp
Public transit2.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home18.8% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 10,978 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.

62thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate22,457± 37 MOE
Workers age 16+10,978± 485 MOE
Workers with travel time8,918± 496 MOE
Estimated home workers2,060± 404 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.