ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17168732024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Countryside, Illinois

Mean one-way trip24.5 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home19.4%±5.4 pp MOE
Drove alone66.5%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.0%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 commute29.1 min → 24.5 min▼ 4.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.2% → 19.4%▲ 11.2 pp

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

Public transit7.3% → 2.2%▼ 5.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.6% → 66.5%▼ 8.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.5% ±4.5 pp
Carpool7.4% ±4.3 pp
Public transit2.2% ±1.7 pp
Walk0.1% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±1.4 pp
Work from home19.4% ±5.4 pp

Each share uses 3,184 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thWork-from-home percentile

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

80thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,267± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+3,184± 258 MOE
Workers with travel time2,565± 255 MOE
Estimated home workers619± 178 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.