What is the average commute in Deerfield village, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Deerfield village, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 28.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 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 17189922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Deerfield, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Deerfield village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.8 min one way; 28.5% worked from home, 60.1% drove alone, and 10.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.8 min±3.1 min MOE

Worked from home28.5%±3.8 pp MOE

Drove alone60.1%±3.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.7%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 Deerfield village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.7 min → 27.8 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.8% → 28.5%▲ 9.7 pp

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

Public transit7.1% → 6.5%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.4% → 60.1%▼ 9.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Deerfield village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.1%; 6.5% used public transit and 28.5% worked from home.

Drive alone60.1% ±3.3 pp

Carpool3.7% ±1.3 pp

Public transit6.5% ±1.8 pp

Walk0.6% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home28.5% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 9,756 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Deerfield village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

67^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Deerfield village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,756 workers age 16+, including 6,971 workers with reported travel time and 2,785 home workers.

Population estimate19,518± 294 MOE

Workers age 16+9,756± 453 MOE

Workers with travel time6,971± 468 MOE

Estimated home workers2,785± 393 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 Deerfield village

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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