What is the average commute in Hoffman Estates 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 Hoffman Estates village, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 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 17354112024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Hoffman Estates village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.5 min one way; 18.1% worked from home, 67.7% drove alone, and 9.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.5 min±2.2 min MOE

Worked from home18.1%±2.3 pp MOE

Drove alone67.7%±2.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.6%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 Hoffman Estates village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.4 min → 28.5 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.8% → 18.1%▲ 7.3 pp

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

Public transit3.3% → 2.1%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.4% → 67.7%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hoffman Estates village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.7%; 2.1% used public transit and 18.1% worked from home.

Drive alone67.7% ±2.4 pp

Carpool9.6% ±2.4 pp

Public transit2.1% ±0.8 pp

Walk1.3% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home18.1% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 26,224 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hoffman Estates village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 70th percentile among covered 25k–100k 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 25k–100k population band.

68^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

72^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

71^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hoffman Estates village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 26,224 workers age 16+, including 21,472 workers with reported travel time and 4,752 home workers.

Population estimate51,175± 485 MOE

Workers age 16+26,224± 948 MOE

Workers with travel time21,472± 1,047 MOE

Estimated home workers4,752± 622 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 Hoffman Estates 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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