Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17126842024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Chatham, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.0 min one way; 15.3% worked from home, 77.0% drove alone, and 5.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.0 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home15.3%±4.9 pp MOE
Drove alone77.0%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.9%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 Chatham village's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.2 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 Chatham village residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.0%; 0.2% used public transit and 15.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 7,344 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Chatham village compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 38th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Chatham village's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 7,344 workers age 16+, including 6,221 workers with reported travel time and 1,123 home workers.
Population estimate14,639± 489 MOE
Workers age 16+7,344± 515 MOE
Workers with travel time6,221± 490 MOE
Estimated home workers1,123± 366 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 Chatham village
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.