What is the average commute in Glendale Heights village, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.7%, 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 17297302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Glendale Heights, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Glendale Heights village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.7 min one way; 10.7% worked from home, 69.1% drove alone, and 8.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.7 min±2.5 min MOE

Worked from home10.7%±2.2 pp MOE

Drove alone69.1%±2.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.2%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 Glendale Heights village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.5 min → 26.7 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.5% → 10.7%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit1.8% → 1.4%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.6% → 69.1%▼ 9.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Glendale Heights village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.1%; 1.4% used public transit and 10.7% worked from home.

Drive alone69.1% ±2.8 pp

Carpool16.2% ±3.2 pp

Public transit1.4% ±0.9 pp

Walk1.5% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home10.7% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 17,779 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Glendale Heights village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 58th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

58^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

33^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

62^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

63^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Glendale Heights village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 17,779 workers age 16+, including 15,882 workers with reported travel time and 1,897 home workers.

Population estimate32,808± 45 MOE

Workers age 16+17,779± 665 MOE

Workers with travel time15,882± 722 MOE

Estimated home workers1,897± 406 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 Glendale Heights 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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