ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17541442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Riverside, Illinois

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

74thMean commute percentile

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

70thWork-from-home percentile

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

87thTransit percentile

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

67th60+ 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 the shares

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.