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

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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 the shares

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.