What is the average commute in Homewood village, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 33.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 16.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 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 17358792024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Homewood, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Homewood village, Illinois
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.1 min one way; 16.6% worked from home, 61.9% drove alone, and 19.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.1 min±6.5 min MOE

Worked from home16.6%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone61.9%±1.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip19.1%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 Homewood village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.6 min → 33.1 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.1% → 16.6%▲ 7.5 pp

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

Public transit10.7% → 11.1%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.7% → 61.9%▼ 5.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Homewood village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 61.9%; 11.1% used public transit and 16.6% worked from home.

Drive alone61.9% ±1.7 pp

Carpool8.8% ±4.0 pp

Public transit11.1% ±3.8 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp

Work from home16.6% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 8,702 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Homewood village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 88th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

88^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

97^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Homewood village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,702 workers age 16+, including 7,255 workers with reported travel time and 1,447 home workers.

Population estimate19,294± 896 MOE

Workers age 16+8,702± 747 MOE

Workers with travel time7,255± 740 MOE

Estimated home workers1,447± 270 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 Homewood 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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