Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17191612024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
DeKalb, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.8 min one way; 6.3% worked from home, 71.2% drove alone, and 7.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.8 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home6.3%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone71.2%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.9%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 DeKalb city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.9 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How DeKalb city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.2%; 1.1% used public transit and 6.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 20,008 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How DeKalb city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 39th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind DeKalb city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 20,008 workers age 16+, including 18,740 workers with reported travel time and 1,268 home workers.
Population estimate40,443± 215 MOE
Workers age 16+20,008± 904 MOE
Workers with travel time18,740± 936 MOE
Estimated home workers1,268± 304 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
All Illinois reports →Comparable Illinois commute records for DeKalb city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.