ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17334352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Harwood Heights, Illinois

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

70thMean commute percentile

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

49thWork-from-home percentile

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

93thTransit percentile

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

61th60+ 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 the shares

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.