ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17379072024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Itasca, Illinois

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.9 min one way; 22.8% worked from home, 64.4% drove alone, and 6.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.9 min±5.4 min MOE
Worked from home22.8%±6.6 pp MOE
Drove alone64.4%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.6%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 Itasca village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.1 min → 25.9 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.8% → 22.8%▲ 9.1 pp

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

Public transit4.8% → 3.6%▼ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.7% → 64.4%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Itasca village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.4%; 3.6% used public transit and 22.8% worked from home.

Drive alone64.4% ±4.2 pp
Carpool3.2% ±1.4 pp
Public transit3.6% ±2.3 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle3.3% ±5.0 pp
Work from home22.8% ±6.6 pp

Each share uses 5,199 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Itasca village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 56th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

50th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Itasca village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,199 workers age 16+, including 4,012 workers with reported travel time and 1,187 home workers.

Population estimate9,355± 354 MOE
Workers age 16+5,199± 463 MOE
Workers with travel time4,012± 541 MOE
Estimated home workers1,187± 361 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 Itasca 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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