What is the average commute in Evanston city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Evanston city, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 28.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · IL · GEOID 17245822024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Evanston, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Evanston city, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.5 min one way; 28.5% worked from home, 40.9% drove alone, and 9.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Evanston city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.2 percentage points.

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 Evanston city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 40.9%; 11.6% used public transit and 28.5% worked from home.

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

How Evanston city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

64^thMean commute percentile

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

92^thWork-from-home percentile

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

97^thTransit percentile

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

68^th60+ 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 Evanston city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 37,057 workers age 16+, including 26,513 workers with reported travel time and 10,544 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Illinois commute records for Evanston city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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