ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17232562024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Mean one-way trip25.5 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home16.3%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone73.0%±2.2 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.1 min → 25.5 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.0% → 16.3%▲ 7.3 pp

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

Public transit3.4% → 1.6%▼ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.8% → 73.0%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.0% ±2.2 pp
Carpool6.2% ±1.7 pp
Public transit1.6% ±1.1 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.4 pp
Work from home16.3% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 16,136 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.

51thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

62thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

66thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

62th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate31,987± 41 MOE
Workers age 16+16,136± 669 MOE
Workers with travel time13,510± 698 MOE
Estimated home workers2,626± 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.