Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17113322024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Carol Stream, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.1 min one way; 14.8% worked from home, 70.7% drove alone, and 10.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip28.1 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home14.8%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone70.7%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.2%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 Carol Stream village's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Carol Stream village residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.7%; 1.8% used public transit and 14.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 20,893 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Carol Stream village compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Carol Stream village's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 20,893 workers age 16+, including 17,792 workers with reported travel time and 3,101 home workers.
Population estimate39,460± 99 MOE
Workers age 16+20,893± 850 MOE
Workers with travel time17,792± 865 MOE
Estimated home workers3,101± 391 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.
05 / SAME STATE
All Illinois reports →Comparable Illinois commute records for Carol Stream village
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.