ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17174972024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Crestwood, Illinois

Mean one-way trip32.7 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home12.9%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone79.7%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip18.5%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 commute31.8 min → 32.7 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.4% → 12.9%▲ 7.5 pp

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

Public transit5.5% → 5.5%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.5% → 79.7%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.7% ±6.7 pp
Carpool1.1% ±1.1 pp
Public transit5.5% ±3.0 pp
Walk0.8% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home12.9% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 4,648 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.

86thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,579± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+4,648± 538 MOE
Workers with travel time4,050± 457 MOE
Estimated home workers598± 208 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.