Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17535592024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
North Chicago, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.8 min one way; 25.5% worked from home, 40.8% drove alone, and 1.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip16.8 min±2.3 min MOE
Worked from home25.5%±5.2 pp MOE
Drove alone40.8%±3.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.9%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 North Chicago city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How North Chicago city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 40.8%; 0.8% used public transit and 25.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 17,089 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How North Chicago city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 6th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind North Chicago city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 17,089 workers age 16+, including 12,735 workers with reported travel time and 4,354 home workers.
Population estimate30,643± 262 MOE
Workers age 16+17,089± 745 MOE
Workers with travel time12,735± 1,127 MOE
Estimated home workers4,354± 914 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
All Illinois reports →Comparable Illinois commute records for North Chicago city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.