ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17104872024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Calumet City, Illinois

Mean one-way trip34.4 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home9.8%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone69.0%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.0%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 commute37.2 min → 34.4 min▼ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.8% → 9.8%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit10.1% → 9.4%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.8% → 69.0%▲ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.0% ±3.9 pp
Carpool9.1% ±3.3 pp
Public transit9.4% ±2.9 pp
Walk2.4% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.8% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 15,343 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.

94thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

27thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

93th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate35,100± 70 MOE
Workers age 16+15,343± 1,094 MOE
Workers with travel time13,843± 1,140 MOE
Estimated home workers1,500± 413 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.