ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17327462024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hanover Park, Illinois

Mean one-way trip29.1 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home11.0%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone69.3%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute29.8 min → 29.1 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.2% → 11.0%▲ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit3.3% → 2.3%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.7% → 69.3%▼ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.3% ±3.0 pp
Carpool14.6% ±2.6 pp
Public transit2.3% ±1.0 pp
Walk1.6% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home11.0% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 18,034 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

36thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

75thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

79th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate36,732± 84 MOE
Workers age 16+18,034± 795 MOE
Workers with travel time16,056± 758 MOE
Estimated home workers1,978± 443 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.