ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17437702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lindenhurst, Illinois

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute32.2 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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

90thMean commute percentile

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

73thWork-from-home percentile

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

74thTransit percentile

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

85th60+ 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 the shares

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.