What is the average commute in Darien city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Darien city, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · IL · GEOID 17186282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Darien, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Darien city, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.7 min one way; 20.5% worked from home, 68.9% drove alone, and 9.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.7 min±3.0 min MOE

Worked from home20.5%±3.5 pp MOE

Drove alone68.9%±4.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.8%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 Darien city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.8 min → 28.7 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.2% → 20.5%▲ 5.3 pp

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

Public transit4.5% → 2.7%▼ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.5% → 68.9%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Darien city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.9%; 2.7% used public transit and 20.5% worked from home.

Drive alone68.9% ±4.3 pp

Carpool5.7% ±2.2 pp

Public transit2.7% ±1.0 pp

Walk1.1% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home20.5% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 11,291 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Darien city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 71th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

71^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80^thWork-from-home percentile

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

83^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Darien city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,291 workers age 16+, including 8,978 workers with reported travel time and 2,313 home workers.

Population estimate21,879± 50 MOE

Workers age 16+11,291± 461 MOE

Workers with travel time8,978± 542 MOE

Estimated home workers2,313± 401 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 Darien 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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