ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17333832024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Harvey, Illinois

Mean one-way trip30.1 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home5.5%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone65.2%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.0%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute31.4 min → 30.1 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 5.5%▲ 0.4 pp

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

Public transit9.7% → 9.4%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.1% → 65.2%▼ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.2% ±6.3 pp
Carpool12.3% ±3.9 pp
Public transit9.4% ±3.4 pp
Walk1.0% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home5.5% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 7,890 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.

77thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate20,230± 749 MOE
Workers age 16+7,890± 722 MOE
Workers with travel time7,454± 714 MOE
Estimated home workers436± 205 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.