ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17145722024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clarendon Hills, Illinois

Mean one-way trip28.9 min±6.8 min MOE
Worked from home35.6%±7.4 pp MOE
Drove alone51.0%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.9%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute30.5 min → 28.9 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home25.0% → 35.6%▲ 10.6 pp

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

Public transit14.2% → 7.3%▼ 6.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone57.3% → 51.0%▼ 6.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone51.0% ±6.3 pp
Carpool1.8% ±1.2 pp
Public transit7.3% ±3.1 pp
Walk3.5% ±2.5 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home35.6% ±7.4 pp

Each share uses 4,131 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.

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94thTransit percentile

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

52th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,659± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+4,131± 470 MOE
Workers with travel time2,661± 394 MOE
Estimated home workers1,470± 348 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.