ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17105132024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Calumet Park, Illinois

Mean one-way trip38.5 min±10.2 min MOE
Worked from home9.0%±4.7 pp MOE
Drove alone63.3%±12.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip23.7%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 commute34.5 min → 38.5 min▲ 3.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.6% → 9.0%▲ 4.4 pp

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

Public transit14.1% → 14.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.7% → 63.3%▼ 5.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone63.3% ±12.4 pp
Carpool10.0% ±5.1 pp
Public transit14.0% ±7.3 pp
Walk2.2% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home9.0% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 2,720 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.

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,855± 289 MOE
Workers age 16+2,720± 381 MOE
Workers with travel time2,475± 365 MOE
Estimated home workers245± 133 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.