ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17660662024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Round Lake Park, Illinois

Mean one-way trip33.0 min±6.3 min MOE
Worked from home10.9%±5.6 pp MOE
Drove alone72.5%±5.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.8%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 commute29.1 min → 33.0 min▲ 3.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 10.9%▲ 6.4 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 3.7%▲ 3.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.6% → 72.5%▼ 5.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.5% ±5.7 pp
Carpool11.2% ±5.1 pp
Public transit3.7% ±2.7 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home10.9% ±5.6 pp

Each share uses 2,930 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.

87thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,919± 415 MOE
Workers age 16+2,930± 321 MOE
Workers with travel time2,610± 310 MOE
Estimated home workers320± 168 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.