What is the average commute in North Riverside village, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 16.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.5 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 17541442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Riverside, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for North Riverside village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.3 min one way; 16.6% worked from home, 71.8% drove alone, and 9.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.3 min±8.0 min MOE

Worked from home16.6%±5.5 pp MOE

Drove alone71.8%±6.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.4%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 North Riverside village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.6 min → 29.3 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.3% → 16.6%▲ 10.2 pp

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

Public transit3.3% → 3.7%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.9% → 71.8%▼ 6.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How North Riverside village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.8%; 3.7% used public transit and 16.6% worked from home.

Drive alone71.8% ±6.8 pp

Carpool6.0% ±3.8 pp

Public transit3.7% ±2.5 pp

Walk1.5% ±1.8 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home16.6% ±5.5 pp

Each share uses 3,359 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How North Riverside village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 74th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

74^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind North Riverside village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,359 workers age 16+, including 2,803 workers with reported travel time and 556 home workers.

Population estimate7,249± 380 MOE

Workers age 16+3,359± 368 MOE

Workers with travel time2,803± 357 MOE

Estimated home workers556± 196 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 North Riverside 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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