What is the average commute in Highland Park city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 26.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 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 17347222024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Highland Park, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Highland Park city, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.5 min one way; 26.5% worked from home, 61.1% drove alone, and 12.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.5 min±3.0 min MOE

Worked from home26.5%±2.4 pp MOE

Drove alone61.1%±4.3 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 Highland Park city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.8 min → 27.5 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.5% → 26.5%▲ 7.1 pp

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

Public transit10.5% → 5.6%▼ 4.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.7% → 61.1%▼ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Highland Park city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 61.1%; 5.6% used public transit and 26.5% worked from home.

Drive alone61.1% ±4.3 pp

Carpool2.8% ±0.8 pp

Public transit5.6% ±1.4 pp

Walk2.3% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.4 pp

Work from home26.5% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 14,701 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Highland Park city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

63^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

90^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

91^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

81^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Highland Park city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,701 workers age 16+, including 10,801 workers with reported travel time and 3,900 home workers.

Population estimate30,398± 43 MOE

Workers age 16+14,701± 634 MOE

Workers with travel time10,801± 730 MOE

Estimated home workers3,900± 392 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 Highland Park 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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