ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17439392024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lisle, Illinois

Mean one-way trip27.7 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home21.1%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone64.7%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.9%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 commute29.4 min → 27.7 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.7% → 21.1%▲ 4.4 pp

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

Public transit7.3% → 7.6%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.7% → 64.7%▼ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone64.7% ±4.6 pp
Carpool2.7% ±1.4 pp
Public transit7.6% ±1.8 pp
Walk2.0% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home21.1% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 12,878 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.

66thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

95thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate23,407± 50 MOE
Workers age 16+12,878± 668 MOE
Workers with travel time10,158± 694 MOE
Estimated home workers2,720± 411 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.