Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17297562024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Glen Ellyn, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.1 min one way; 32.8% worked from home, 51.4% drove alone, and 14.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip29.1 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home32.8%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone51.4%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.2%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 Glen Ellyn village's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +13.1 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Glen Ellyn village residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 51.4%; 7.9% used public transit and 32.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 13,206 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Glen Ellyn village compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 72th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Glen Ellyn village's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 13,206 workers age 16+, including 8,869 workers with reported travel time and 4,337 home workers.
Population estimate28,390± 166 MOE
Workers age 16+13,206± 648 MOE
Workers with travel time8,869± 617 MOE
Estimated home workers4,337± 532 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
All Illinois reports →Comparable Illinois commute records for Glen Ellyn village
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.