ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17516222024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Naperville, Illinois

Mean one-way trip30.5 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home31.1%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone56.7%±1.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.4%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 commute32.9 min → 30.5 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.7% → 31.1%▲ 11.4 pp

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

Public transit8.5% → 5.4%▼ 3.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.0% → 56.7%▼ 8.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone56.7% ±1.6 pp
Carpool4.5% ±0.8 pp
Public transit5.4% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.3% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp
Work from home31.1% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 75,830 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.

86thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

97thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

89thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

88th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate150,692± 439 MOE
Workers age 16+75,830± 1,701 MOE
Workers with travel time52,222± 1,529 MOE
Estimated home workers23,608± 1,082 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.