ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17345142024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hickory Hills, Illinois

Mean one-way trip29.9 min±5.9 min MOE
Worked from home11.1%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone71.0%±7.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.0%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 commute29.4 min → 29.9 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.0% → 11.1%▲ 7.1 pp

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

Public transit5.0% → 1.9%▼ 3.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.2% → 71.0%▼ 7.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.0% ±7.9 pp
Carpool12.3% ±4.3 pp
Public transit1.9% ±1.4 pp
Walk2.4% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home11.1% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 6,949 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.

76thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,526± 568 MOE
Workers age 16+6,949± 633 MOE
Workers with travel time6,175± 672 MOE
Estimated home workers774± 272 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.