What is the average commute in Harvey city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Harvey city, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 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 17333832024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Harvey, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Harvey city, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.1 min one way; 5.5% worked from home, 65.2% drove alone, and 11.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Harvey city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.4 percentage points.

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 Harvey city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 65.2%; 9.4% used public transit and 5.5% worked from home.

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

How Harvey city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 77th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

77^thMean commute percentile

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

16^thWork-from-home percentile

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

96^thTransit percentile

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

75^th60+ 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 Harvey city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,890 workers age 16+, including 7,454 workers with reported travel time and 436 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Illinois commute records for Harvey city

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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