ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17358792024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Homewood, Illinois

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute32.6 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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

88thMean commute percentile

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

70thWork-from-home percentile

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

97thTransit percentile

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

93th60+ 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 the shares

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.