What is the average commute in Gilberts village, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 7.9 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 17291712024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gilberts, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Gilberts village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.4 min one way; 20.5% worked from home, 72.7% drove alone, and 12.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.4 min±6.4 min MOE

Worked from home20.5%±7.9 pp MOE

Drove alone72.7%±8.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.0%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 Gilberts village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.1 min → 29.4 min▲ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.9% → 20.5%▲ 0.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.3%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.9% → 72.7%▲ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Gilberts village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.7%; 0.3% used public transit and 20.5% worked from home.

Drive alone72.7% ±8.6 pp

Carpool4.2% ±2.5 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home20.5% ±7.9 pp

Each share uses 5,144 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Gilberts village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 75th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

75^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79^th60+ 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 Gilberts village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,144 workers age 16+, including 4,087 workers with reported travel time and 1,057 home workers.

Population estimate8,606± 198 MOE

Workers age 16+5,144± 460 MOE

Workers with travel time4,087± 593 MOE

Estimated home workers1,057± 415 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 Gilberts 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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