ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17237242024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Elmwood Park, Illinois

Mean one-way trip32.2 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home13.7%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone70.8%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.3%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 commute34.7 min → 32.2 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.6% → 13.7%▲ 7.1 pp

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

Public transit8.8% → 5.0%▼ 3.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.9% → 70.8%▼ 4.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.8% ±4.4 pp
Carpool7.0% ±2.1 pp
Public transit5.0% ±1.7 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.6 pp
Work from home13.7% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 11,857 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.

85thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate23,868± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+11,857± 622 MOE
Workers with travel time10,236± 662 MOE
Estimated home workers1,621± 369 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.