ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17644212024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Riverside, Illinois

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute33.5 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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

86thMean commute percentile

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

93thWork-from-home percentile

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

98thTransit percentile

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

81th60+ 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 the shares

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.