ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17534422024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Aurora, Illinois

Mean one-way trip26.5 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home20.8%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone71.8%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.7%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 commute30.1 min → 26.5 min▼ 3.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.6% → 20.8%▲ 7.3 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 1.1%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.1% → 71.8%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.8% ±2.8 pp
Carpool4.9% ±2.0 pp
Public transit1.1% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp
Work from home20.8% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 10,103 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.

60thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,696± 142 MOE
Workers age 16+10,103± 625 MOE
Workers with travel time8,000± 531 MOE
Estimated home workers2,103± 342 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.