ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17654422024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Romeoville, Illinois

Mean one-way trip32.3 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home11.8%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone73.3%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.3%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 commute31.5 min → 32.3 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.8% → 11.8%▲ 5.0 pp

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

Public transit2.4% → 2.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.0% → 73.3%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.3% ±2.5 pp
Carpool11.2% ±2.0 pp
Public transit2.0% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home11.8% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 22,738 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.

88thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

40thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

72thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

87th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate41,152± 75 MOE
Workers age 16+22,738± 753 MOE
Workers with travel time20,049± 748 MOE
Estimated home workers2,689± 509 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.