ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17660272024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Round Lake, Illinois

Mean one-way trip31.3 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home17.8%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone68.1%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.9%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 commute32.6 min → 31.3 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 17.8%▲ 10.8 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 2.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.4% → 68.1%▼ 13.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.1% ±4.6 pp
Carpool11.2% ±3.8 pp
Public transit2.0% ±1.2 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home17.8% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 9,865 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.

82thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

79thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,628± 37 MOE
Workers age 16+9,865± 614 MOE
Workers with travel time8,111± 632 MOE
Estimated home workers1,754± 374 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.