ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17477742024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Maywood, Illinois

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.4 min one way; 12.8% worked from home, 68.7% drove alone, and 14.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip34.4 min±6.1 min MOE
Worked from home12.8%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone68.7%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.6%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 Maywood village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute32.0 min → 34.4 min▲ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.6% → 12.8%▲ 9.3 pp

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

Public transit7.3% → 5.1%▼ 2.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.1% → 68.7%▼ 6.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Maywood village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.7%; 5.1% used public transit and 12.8% worked from home.

Drive alone68.7% ±4.5 pp
Carpool9.0% ±3.4 pp
Public transit5.1% ±1.9 pp
Walk3.5% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home12.8% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 9,282 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Maywood village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 91th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

91thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91thTransit percentile

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

86th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Maywood village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,282 workers age 16+, including 8,090 workers with reported travel time and 1,192 home workers.

Population estimate23,201± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+9,282± 701 MOE
Workers with travel time8,090± 760 MOE
Estimated home workers1,192± 305 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 Maywood 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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