ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17454342024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lyons, Illinois

Mean one-way trip28.1 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home19.2%±6.6 pp MOE
Drove alone61.6%±7.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.7%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 commute30.0 min → 28.1 min▼ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.0% → 19.2%▲ 10.2 pp

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

Public transit8.0% → 5.9%▼ 2.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.5% → 61.6%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone61.6% ±7.1 pp
Carpool9.5% ±3.9 pp
Public transit5.9% ±5.4 pp
Walk2.9% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home19.2% ±6.6 pp

Each share uses 4,719 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.

68thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,339± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+4,719± 469 MOE
Workers with travel time3,814± 441 MOE
Estimated home workers905± 323 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.