ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17643432024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

River Grove, Illinois

Mean one-way trip30.8 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home14.1%±4.4 pp MOE
Drove alone67.7%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.8%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute32.3 min → 30.8 min▼ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 14.1%▲ 7.9 pp

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

Public transit4.4% → 8.8%▲ 4.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.7% → 67.7%▼ 13.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.7% ±4.9 pp
Carpool7.3% ±3.7 pp
Public transit8.8% ±4.2 pp
Walk0.1% ±0.1 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.6 pp
Work from home14.1% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 4,963 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.

80thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,451± 48 MOE
Workers age 16+4,963± 422 MOE
Workers with travel time4,265± 377 MOE
Estimated home workers698± 225 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.