Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17113582024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Carpentersville, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.2 min one way; 11.0% worked from home, 71.1% drove alone, and 8.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip28.2 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home11.0%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone71.1%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.2%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 Carpentersville village's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.1 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 Carpentersville village residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.1%; 0.7% used public transit and 11.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 18,901 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Carpentersville village compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 68th 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 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Carpentersville village's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 18,901 workers age 16+, including 16,824 workers with reported travel time and 2,077 home workers.
Population estimate37,346± 81 MOE
Workers age 16+18,901± 773 MOE
Workers with travel time16,824± 866 MOE
Estimated home workers2,077± 395 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 Carpentersville village
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.