ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17189922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Deerfield, Illinois

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute28.7 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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

67thMean commute percentile

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

93thWork-from-home percentile

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

93thTransit percentile

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

73th60+ 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 the shares

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.