What is the average commute in Niles village, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Niles village, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · IL · GEOID 17530002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Niles, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Niles village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.3 min one way; 10.6% worked from home, 70.8% drove alone, and 10.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.3 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home10.6%±2.1 pp MOE

Drove alone70.8%±4.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.9%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 Niles village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.1 min → 28.3 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.0% → 10.6%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit4.2% → 4.6%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.4% → 70.8%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Niles village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.8%; 4.6% used public transit and 10.6% worked from home.

Drive alone70.8% ±4.4 pp

Carpool10.6% ±2.3 pp

Public transit4.6% ±1.4 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle1.9% ±2.5 pp

Work from home10.6% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 12,933 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Niles village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 68th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

68^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

33^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

88^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

77^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Niles village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,933 workers age 16+, including 11,561 workers with reported travel time and 1,372 home workers.

Population estimate30,064± 282 MOE

Workers age 16+12,933± 698 MOE

Workers with travel time11,561± 702 MOE

Estimated home workers1,372± 286 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 Niles 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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