ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17656112024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Roscoe, Illinois

Mean one-way trip27.2 min±5.0 min MOE
Worked from home15.6%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone77.3%±7.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.8%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 commute25.1 min → 27.2 min▲ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.1% → 15.6%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.2%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.8% → 77.3%▼ 5.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.3% ±7.4 pp
Carpool5.0% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.8% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home15.6% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 5,175 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.

63thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,706± 748 MOE
Workers age 16+5,175± 502 MOE
Workers with travel time4,370± 543 MOE
Estimated home workers805± 236 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.