What is the average commute in Plainfield village, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 33.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 23.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 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 17602872024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Plainfield, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Plainfield village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.3 min one way; 23.3% worked from home, 69.1% drove alone, and 13.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.3 min±2.7 min MOE

Worked from home23.3%±2.4 pp MOE

Drove alone69.1%±2.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.8%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 Plainfield village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute34.7 min → 33.3 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.8% → 23.3%▲ 8.4 pp

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

Public transit2.2% → 1.6%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.8% → 69.1%▼ 8.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Plainfield village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.1%; 1.6% used public transit and 23.3% worked from home.

Drive alone69.1% ±2.8 pp

Carpool4.1% ±1.2 pp

Public transit1.6% ±0.7 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home23.3% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 24,029 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Plainfield village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 91th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

91^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

83^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

65^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

86^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Plainfield village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 24,029 workers age 16+, including 18,436 workers with reported travel time and 5,593 home workers.

Population estimate46,708± 218 MOE

Workers age 16+24,029± 884 MOE

Workers with travel time18,436± 925 MOE

Estimated home workers5,593± 616 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 Plainfield 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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