Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17067042024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Blue Island, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.0 min one way; 8.2% worked from home, 68.6% drove alone, and 12.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip29.0 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home8.2%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone68.6%±4.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.2%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 Blue Island city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.4 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 Blue Island city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.6%; 7.5% used public transit and 8.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 9,385 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Blue Island city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 73th 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 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Blue Island city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 9,385 workers age 16+, including 8,614 workers with reported travel time and 771 home workers.
Population estimate21,741± 526 MOE
Workers age 16+9,385± 652 MOE
Workers with travel time8,614± 685 MOE
Estimated home workers771± 265 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 Blue Island city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.