Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17573942024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Palos Hills, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 35.2 min one way; 11.8% worked from home, 76.4% drove alone, and 14.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
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 Palos Hills city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Palos Hills city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.4%; 2.5% used public transit and 11.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 8,592 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Palos Hills city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 93th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Palos Hills city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 8,592 workers age 16+, including 7,581 workers with reported travel time and 1,011 home workers.
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.
05 / SAME STATE
All Illinois reports →Comparable Illinois commute records for Palos Hills city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.