ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17444072024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lombard, Illinois

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

52thMean commute percentile

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

75thWork-from-home percentile

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

76thTransit percentile

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

48th60+ 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 the shares

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.