ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17143512024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cicero, Illinois

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

73thMean commute percentile

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

6thWork-from-home percentile

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

94thTransit percentile

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

69th60+ 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 the shares

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.