What is the average commute in Round Lake village, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 17.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 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 17660272024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Round Lake, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Round Lake village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.3 min one way; 17.8% worked from home, 68.1% drove alone, and 9.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Round Lake village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.8 percentage points.

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 Round Lake village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.1%; 2.0% used public transit and 17.8% worked from home.

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

How Round Lake village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 82th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

82^thMean commute percentile

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

73^thWork-from-home percentile

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

79^thTransit percentile

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

70^th60+ 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 Round Lake village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,865 workers age 16+, including 8,111 workers with reported travel time and 1,754 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Illinois commute records for Round Lake 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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