ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17510892024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Mount Prospect, Illinois

Mean one-way trip25.9 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home19.2%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone68.1%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.7%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 commute29.6 min → 25.9 min▼ 3.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.6% → 19.2%▲ 8.6 pp

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

Public transit6.9% → 3.6%▼ 3.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.9% → 68.1%▼ 3.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.1% ±2.7 pp
Carpool7.1% ±1.5 pp
Public transit3.6% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home19.2% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 27,391 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.

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

72thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

84thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

60th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate55,472± 98 MOE
Workers age 16+27,391± 1,165 MOE
Workers with travel time22,144± 1,180 MOE
Estimated home workers5,247± 730 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.