ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17407672024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

La Grange, Illinois

Mean one-way trip28.5 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home28.6%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone55.3%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.4%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 commute32.8 min → 28.5 min▼ 4.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.0% → 28.6%▲ 12.6 pp

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

Public transit15.4% → 10.0%▼ 5.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone59.8% → 55.3%▼ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone55.3% ±5.2 pp
Carpool3.7% ±1.8 pp
Public transit10.0% ±2.1 pp
Walk1.7% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp
Work from home28.6% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 8,210 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.

70thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% 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.

67th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,998± 38 MOE
Workers age 16+8,210± 364 MOE
Workers with travel time5,863± 478 MOE
Estimated home workers2,347± 322 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.