ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17166912024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Country Club Hills, Illinois

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.0 min one way; 12.7% worked from home, 71.9% drove alone, and 16.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.0 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home12.7%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone71.9%±3.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.4%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 Country Club Hills city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute34.8 min → 31.0 min▼ 3.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.0% → 12.7%▲ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit6.3% → 2.0%▼ 4.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.8% → 71.9%▼ 3.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Country Club Hills city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.9%; 2.0% used public transit and 12.7% worked from home.

Drive alone71.9% ±3.9 pp
Carpool6.5% ±2.6 pp
Public transit2.0% ±1.3 pp
Walk1.6% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home12.7% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 7,368 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Country Club Hills city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 81th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

81thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Country Club Hills city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,368 workers age 16+, including 6,432 workers with reported travel time and 936 home workers.

Population estimate16,324± 50 MOE
Workers age 16+7,368± 641 MOE
Workers with travel time6,432± 536 MOE
Estimated home workers936± 323 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 Country Club Hills city

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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