ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17085762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brookfield, Illinois

Mean one-way trip32.7 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home17.1%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone66.4%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.9%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 commute31.4 min → 32.7 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.1% → 17.1%▲ 7.0 pp

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

Public transit9.1% → 8.9%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.6% → 66.4%▼ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.4% ±4.4 pp
Carpool4.9% ±1.8 pp
Public transit8.9% ±2.6 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp
Work from home17.1% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 9,782 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.

86thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,331± 322 MOE
Workers age 16+9,782± 536 MOE
Workers with travel time8,107± 545 MOE
Estimated home workers1,675± 294 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.