What is the average commute in Oak Brook village, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Oak Brook village, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.4 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 17545342024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oak Brook, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Oak Brook village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.5 min one way; 20.9% worked from home, 69.8% drove alone, and 11.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.5 min±8.7 min MOE

Worked from home20.9%±5.4 pp MOE

Drove alone69.8%±7.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.2%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 Oak Brook village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.5 min → 31.5 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.4% → 20.9%▲ 4.5 pp

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

Public transit2.6% → 2.5%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.0% → 69.8%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Oak Brook village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.8%; 2.5% used public transit and 20.9% worked from home.

Drive alone69.8% ±7.4 pp

Carpool5.2% ±2.9 pp

Public transit2.5% ±1.9 pp

Walk1.6% ±2.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home20.9% ±5.4 pp

Each share uses 2,843 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Oak Brook village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 83th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

83^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81^thWork-from-home percentile

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

82^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Oak Brook village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,843 workers age 16+, including 2,249 workers with reported travel time and 594 home workers.

Population estimate8,056± 32 MOE

Workers age 16+2,843± 260 MOE

Workers with travel time2,249± 289 MOE

Estimated home workers594± 163 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 Oak Brook 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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