ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17084462024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Broadview, Illinois

Mean one-way trip25.8 min±5.7 min MOE
Worked from home6.7%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone79.1%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.9%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 commute30.8 min → 25.8 min▼ 4.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.9% → 6.7%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit8.9% → 3.7%▼ 5.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.0% → 79.1%▼ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.1% ±3.1 pp
Carpool8.4% ±3.7 pp
Public transit3.7% ±3.6 pp
Walk2.1% ±3.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home6.7% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 3,597 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.

23thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,896± 19 MOE
Workers age 16+3,597± 409 MOE
Workers with travel time3,355± 395 MOE
Estimated home workers242± 144 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.