What is the average commute in Riverside village, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 28.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.6 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 17644212024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Riverside, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Riverside village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.5 min one way; 28.3% worked from home, 52.7% drove alone, and 12.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.5 min±5.4 min MOE

Worked from home28.3%±6.6 pp MOE

Drove alone52.7%±6.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.9%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 Riverside village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +16.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute33.5 min → 32.5 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.2% → 28.3%▲ 16.1 pp

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

Public transit12.7% → 12.0%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone66.4% → 52.7%▼ 13.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Riverside village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 52.7%; 12.0% used public transit and 28.3% worked from home.

Drive alone52.7% ±6.3 pp

Carpool3.7% ±2.4 pp

Public transit12.0% ±4.8 pp

Walk1.6% ±1.4 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp

Work from home28.3% ±6.6 pp

Each share uses 4,476 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Riverside village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 86th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

86^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

93^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

98^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

81^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Riverside village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,476 workers age 16+, including 3,209 workers with reported travel time and 1,267 home workers.

Population estimate9,039± 158 MOE

Workers age 16+4,476± 341 MOE

Workers with travel time3,209± 315 MOE

Estimated home workers1,267± 309 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 Riverside 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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