ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17506472024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Morton Grove, Illinois

Mean one-way trip28.4 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home18.0%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone65.3%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.5%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 commute30.7 min → 28.4 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.4% → 18.0%▲ 6.6 pp

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

Public transit5.9% → 3.3%▼ 2.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.2% → 65.3%▼ 4.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.3% ±3.6 pp
Carpool9.7% ±2.1 pp
Public transit3.3% ±1.4 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home18.0% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 11,851 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.

70thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate24,619± 45 MOE
Workers age 16+11,851± 606 MOE
Workers with travel time9,719± 521 MOE
Estimated home workers2,132± 376 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.