What is the average commute in Glenwood village, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 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 17300292024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Glenwood, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Glenwood village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.2 min one way; 9.3% worked from home, 75.3% drove alone, and 13.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.2 min±6.3 min MOE

Worked from home9.3%±4.4 pp MOE

Drove alone75.3%±8.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.1%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 Glenwood village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute35.0 min → 30.2 min▼ 4.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 9.3%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit7.5% → 2.6%▼ 4.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.7% → 75.3%▲ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Glenwood village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.3%; 2.6% used public transit and 9.3% worked from home.

Drive alone75.3% ±8.4 pp

Carpool5.5% ±2.8 pp

Public transit2.6% ±2.1 pp

Walk5.1% ±5.9 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home9.3% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 3,614 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Glenwood village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 78th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

78^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Glenwood village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,614 workers age 16+, including 3,277 workers with reported travel time and 337 home workers.

Population estimate8,603± 470 MOE

Workers age 16+3,614± 489 MOE

Workers with travel time3,277± 420 MOE

Estimated home workers337± 167 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 Glenwood 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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