ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17660402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Round Lake Beach, Illinois

Mean one-way trip30.4 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home7.9%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone73.1%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.1%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 commute30.7 min → 30.4 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.7% → 7.9%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit2.6% → 2.8%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.9% → 73.1%▼ 3.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.1% ±4.6 pp
Carpool15.0% ±3.3 pp
Public transit2.8% ±1.6 pp
Walk0.1% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home7.9% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 13,530 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.

80thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

18thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

79thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

62th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate27,079± 41 MOE
Workers age 16+13,530± 867 MOE
Workers with travel time12,465± 836 MOE
Estimated home workers1,065± 322 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.