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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 31.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 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 17548852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oak Park, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Oak Park village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.6 min one way; 31.0% worked from home, 45.0% drove alone, and 9.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Oak Park village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +12.8 percentage points.

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 Oak Park village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 45.0%; 13.1% used public transit and 31.0% worked from home.

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

How Oak Park village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 86th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

86^thMean commute percentile

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

95^thWork-from-home percentile

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

98^thTransit percentile

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

71^th60+ 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 Oak Park village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 27,323 workers age 16+, including 18,852 workers with reported travel time and 8,471 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Illinois commute records for Oak Park 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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