ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17548852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oak Park, Illinois

Mean one-way trip31.6 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home31.0%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone45.0%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.6%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 commute34.0 min → 31.6 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.2% → 31.0%▲ 12.8 pp

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

Public transit21.5% → 13.1%▼ 8.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone49.6% → 45.0%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone45.0% ±2.2 pp
Carpool4.3% ±1.3 pp
Public transit13.1% ±1.7 pp
Walk4.3% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle1.6% ±0.5 pp
Work from home31.0% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 27,323 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.

86thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

95thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

98thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

71th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate53,292± 49 MOE
Workers age 16+27,323± 883 MOE
Workers with travel time18,852± 878 MOE
Estimated home workers8,471± 621 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.