What is the average commute in Lombard village, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 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 17444072024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lombard, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Lombard village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.6 min one way; 20.4% worked from home, 68.7% drove alone, and 6.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.6 min±2.0 min MOE

Worked from home20.4%±2.0 pp MOE

Drove alone68.7%±2.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.3%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 Lombard village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.2 min → 25.6 min▼ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.0% → 20.4%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit5.2% → 2.4%▼ 2.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.1% → 68.7%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lombard village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.7%; 2.4% used public transit and 20.4% worked from home.

Drive alone68.7% ±2.1 pp

Carpool5.7% ±1.4 pp

Public transit2.4% ±0.9 pp

Walk1.2% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp

Work from home20.4% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 24,112 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lombard village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 52th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

52^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

75^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

76^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

48^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lombard village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 24,112 workers age 16+, including 19,193 workers with reported travel time and 4,919 home workers.

Population estimate43,619± 334 MOE

Workers age 16+24,112± 739 MOE

Workers with travel time19,193± 860 MOE

Estimated home workers4,919± 514 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 Lombard 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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