ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17496072024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Minooka, Illinois

Mean one-way trip31.8 min±4.7 min MOE
Worked from home10.2%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone81.8%±5.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.5%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 commute30.9 min → 31.8 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.2% → 10.2%▲ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit1.6% → 0.6%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.9% → 81.8%▲ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.8% ±5.0 pp
Carpool6.1% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home10.2% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 6,695 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.

83thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,891± 693 MOE
Workers age 16+6,695± 624 MOE
Workers with travel time6,009± 622 MOE
Estimated home workers686± 262 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.