What is the average commute in Palatine village, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 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 17572252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Palatine, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Palatine village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.7 min one way; 20.6% worked from home, 69.4% drove alone, and 8.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.7 min±2.0 min MOE

Worked from home20.6%±2.2 pp MOE

Drove alone69.4%±2.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.3%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 Palatine village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.4 min → 27.7 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.2% → 20.6%▲ 7.4 pp

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

Public transit3.8% → 2.3%▼ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.1% → 69.4%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Palatine village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.4%; 2.3% used public transit and 20.6% worked from home.

Drive alone69.4% ±2.3 pp

Carpool5.4% ±1.1 pp

Public transit2.3% ±0.6 pp

Walk1.0% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp

Work from home20.6% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 36,323 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Palatine village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 65th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

65^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

76^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

75^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

63^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Palatine village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 36,323 workers age 16+, including 28,828 workers with reported travel time and 7,495 home workers.

Population estimate66,293± 190 MOE

Workers age 16+36,323± 1,218 MOE

Workers with travel time28,828± 1,281 MOE

Estimated home workers7,495± 833 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 Palatine 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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