What is the average commute in Markham city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 35.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Markham city, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 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 17470072024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Markham, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Markham city, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.7 min one way; 12.7% worked from home, 66.7% drove alone, and 19.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip35.7 min±7.1 min MOE

Worked from home12.7%±4.7 pp MOE

Drove alone66.7%±8.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip19.9%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 Markham city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute33.5 min → 35.7 min▲ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.6% → 12.7%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit7.3% → 5.1%▼ 2.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.4% → 66.7%▲ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Markham city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.7%; 5.1% used public transit and 12.7% worked from home.

Drive alone66.7% ±8.7 pp

Carpool11.5% ±6.3 pp

Public transit5.1% ±3.0 pp

Walk0.9% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home12.7% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 4,427 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Markham city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 93th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

93^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

94^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Markham city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,427 workers age 16+, including 3,864 workers with reported travel time and 563 home workers.

Population estimate11,355± 28 MOE

Workers age 16+4,427± 482 MOE

Workers with travel time3,864± 470 MOE

Estimated home workers563± 216 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 Markham city

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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