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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 24.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.0 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 17269352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Forest Park, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Forest Park village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.4 min one way; 24.2% worked from home, 54.5% drove alone, and 6.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.4 min±4.7 min MOE

Worked from home24.2%±6.0 pp MOE

Drove alone54.5%±5.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.0%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 Forest Park village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.7 min → 27.4 min▼ 4.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.3% → 24.2%▲ 9.9 pp

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

Public transit16.5% → 5.6%▼ 10.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone53.1% → 54.5%▲ 1.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Forest Park village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 54.5%; 5.6% used public transit and 24.2% worked from home.

Drive alone54.5% ±5.5 pp

Carpool5.9% ±3.0 pp

Public transit5.6% ±1.8 pp

Walk6.9% ±4.2 pp

Bicycle0.7% ±0.7 pp

Work from home24.2% ±6.0 pp

Each share uses 7,397 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Forest Park village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 65th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

65^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Forest Park village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,397 workers age 16+, including 5,609 workers with reported travel time and 1,788 home workers.

Population estimate13,943± 29 MOE

Workers age 16+7,397± 572 MOE

Workers with travel time5,609± 641 MOE

Estimated home workers1,788± 462 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 Forest 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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