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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 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 17334352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Harwood Heights, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Harwood Heights village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.5 min one way; 11.4% worked from home, 71.1% drove alone, and 8.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.5 min±5.5 min MOE

Worked from home11.4%±4.6 pp MOE

Drove alone71.1%±7.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.4%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 Harwood Heights village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.1 min → 28.5 min▼ 3.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 11.4%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit9.6% → 6.6%▼ 3.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.3% → 71.1%▼ 1.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Harwood Heights village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.1%; 6.6% used public transit and 11.4% worked from home.

Drive alone71.1% ±7.4 pp

Carpool4.3% ±3.0 pp

Public transit6.6% ±3.6 pp

Walk4.1% ±2.5 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp

Work from home11.4% ±4.6 pp

Each share uses 4,353 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Harwood Heights village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 70th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

70^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Harwood Heights village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,353 workers age 16+, including 3,856 workers with reported travel time and 497 home workers.

Population estimate8,821± 26 MOE

Workers age 16+4,353± 401 MOE

Workers with travel time3,856± 409 MOE

Estimated home workers497± 207 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 Harwood 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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