ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17538712024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Northlake, Illinois

Mean one-way trip28.5 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home8.4%±2.8 pp MOE
Drove alone76.6%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.0%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 commute27.9 min → 28.5 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 8.4%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 2.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.8% → 76.6%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.6% ±5.2 pp
Carpool10.9% ±3.7 pp
Public transit2.2% ±1.2 pp
Walk0.7% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.6 pp
Work from home8.4% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 5,762 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.

70thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

33thWork-from-home percentile

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

80thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,513± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+5,762± 470 MOE
Workers with travel time5,279± 476 MOE
Estimated home workers483± 166 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.