ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17573942024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Palos Hills, Illinois

Mean one-way trip35.2 min±4.7 min MOE
Worked from home11.8%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone76.4%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.5%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 commute33.0 min → 35.2 min▲ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 11.8%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit3.6% → 2.5%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.1% → 76.4%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.4% ±3.4 pp
Carpool7.5% ±3.3 pp
Public transit2.5% ±1.6 pp
Walk1.3% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home11.8% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 8,592 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.

93thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 51% 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.

86th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,081± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+8,592± 619 MOE
Workers with travel time7,581± 572 MOE
Estimated home workers1,011± 335 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.