What is the average commute in Evergreen Park village, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Evergreen Park village, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 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 17246342024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Evergreen Park, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Evergreen Park village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.1 min one way; 15.1% worked from home, 66.1% drove alone, and 14.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.1 min±4.2 min MOE

Worked from home15.1%±3.7 pp MOE

Drove alone66.1%±4.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.5%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 Evergreen Park village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.6 min → 32.1 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.7% → 15.1%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit7.2% → 6.0%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.2% → 66.1%▼ 10.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Evergreen Park village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.1%; 6.0% used public transit and 15.1% worked from home.

Drive alone66.1% ±4.7 pp

Carpool8.8% ±3.2 pp

Public transit6.0% ±1.7 pp

Walk2.0% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home15.1% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 9,353 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Evergreen Park village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 84th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

84^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Evergreen Park village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,353 workers age 16+, including 7,940 workers with reported travel time and 1,413 home workers.

Population estimate19,420± 34 MOE

Workers age 16+9,353± 482 MOE

Workers with travel time7,940± 530 MOE

Estimated home workers1,413± 351 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 Evergreen Park village

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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