What is the average commute in Oswego 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 Oswego village, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 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 17568872024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oswego, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Oswego village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.5 min one way; 17.5% worked from home, 73.4% drove alone, and 11.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.5 min±3.0 min MOE

Worked from home17.5%±2.9 pp MOE

Drove alone73.4%±3.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.6%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 Oswego village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.7 min → 31.5 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.2% → 17.5%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit2.4% → 1.2%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.6% → 73.4%▼ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Oswego village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.4%; 1.2% used public transit and 17.5% worked from home.

Drive alone73.4% ±3.5 pp

Carpool6.8% ±1.9 pp

Public transit1.2% ±0.6 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp

Work from home17.5% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 18,903 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Oswego village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 85th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

85^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

66^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

58^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

80^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Oswego village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 18,903 workers age 16+, including 15,598 workers with reported travel time and 3,305 home workers.

Population estimate36,375± 39 MOE

Workers age 16+18,903± 661 MOE

Workers with travel time15,598± 806 MOE

Estimated home workers3,305± 556 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 Oswego 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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