ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17245822024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Evanston, Illinois

Mean one-way trip27.5 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home28.5%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone40.9%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.0%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 commute30.2 min → 27.5 min▼ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.3% → 28.5%▲ 9.2 pp

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

Public transit17.1% → 11.6%▼ 5.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone44.5% → 40.9%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone40.9% ±2.3 pp
Carpool3.6% ±0.7 pp
Public transit11.6% ±1.3 pp
Walk11.0% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle2.7% ±0.7 pp
Work from home28.5% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 37,057 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.

64thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

92thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

97thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

68th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate76,340± 48 MOE
Workers age 16+37,057± 1,063 MOE
Workers with travel time26,513± 1,174 MOE
Estimated home workers10,544± 864 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.