What is the average commute in Lindenhurst village, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 34.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.0 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 17437702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lindenhurst, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Lindenhurst village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.1 min one way; 17.8% worked from home, 75.0% drove alone, and 14.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip34.1 min±3.8 min MOE

Worked from home17.8%±3.0 pp MOE

Drove alone75.0%±3.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.3%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 Lindenhurst village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.2 min → 34.1 min▲ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.5% → 17.8%▲ 8.3 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 1.5%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.6% → 75.0%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lindenhurst village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.0%; 1.5% used public transit and 17.8% worked from home.

Drive alone75.0% ±3.5 pp

Carpool4.8% ±1.8 pp

Public transit1.5% ±1.4 pp

Walk0.1% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home17.8% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 7,733 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lindenhurst village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 90th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

90^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lindenhurst village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,733 workers age 16+, including 6,353 workers with reported travel time and 1,380 home workers.

Population estimate14,417± 30 MOE

Workers age 16+7,733± 336 MOE

Workers with travel time6,353± 359 MOE

Estimated home workers1,380± 242 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 Lindenhurst 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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