ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17545342024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oak Brook, Illinois

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

83thMean commute percentile

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

81thWork-from-home percentile

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

82thTransit percentile

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

75th60+ 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 the shares

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.