What is the average commute in Cicero town, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Cicero town, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.0 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · IL · GEOID 17143512024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cicero, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Cicero town, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.3 min one way; 5.5% worked from home, 67.6% drove alone, and 9.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.3 min±1.7 min MOE

Worked from home5.5%±1.0 pp MOE

Drove alone67.6%±2.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.2%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 Cicero town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.5 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute30.2 min → 29.3 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.1% → 5.5%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit7.9% → 7.3%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.4% → 67.6%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cicero town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.6%; 7.3% used public transit and 5.5% worked from home.

Drive alone67.6% ±2.0 pp

Carpool14.5% ±1.9 pp

Public transit7.3% ±1.5 pp

Walk2.6% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±0.4 pp

Work from home5.5% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 38,721 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cicero town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 73th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

73^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

6^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

94^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

69^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Cicero town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 38,721 workers age 16+, including 36,574 workers with reported travel time and 2,147 home workers.

Population estimate82,797± 33 MOE

Workers age 16+38,721± 1,255 MOE

Workers with travel time36,574± 1,207 MOE

Estimated home workers2,147± 407 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

Comparable Illinois commute records for Cicero town

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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