ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17074712024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bourbonnais, Illinois

Mean one-way trip19.6 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home9.7%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone75.8%±5.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.3%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 commute20.6 min → 19.6 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.7% → 9.7%▲ 6.0 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.6%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.0% → 75.8%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.8% ±5.0 pp
Carpool6.9% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.5 pp
Walk4.7% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.7% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 8,628 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.

19thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thWork-from-home percentile

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

58thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,078± 106 MOE
Workers age 16+8,628± 514 MOE
Workers with travel time7,790± 541 MOE
Estimated home workers838± 234 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.