ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17174582024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Crest Hill, Illinois

Mean one-way trip28.0 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home6.2%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone78.9%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.3%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 commute28.2 min → 28.0 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.4% → 6.2%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.9%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.1% → 78.9%▼ 2.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.9% ±3.0 pp
Carpool11.0% ±3.2 pp
Public transit0.9% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.1% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home6.2% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 9,249 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.

68thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

21thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,628± 509 MOE
Workers age 16+9,249± 531 MOE
Workers with travel time8,672± 513 MOE
Estimated home workers577± 224 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.