ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17680812024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Schiller Park, Illinois

Mean one-way trip24.8 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home4.6%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone79.4%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.7%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 commute26.8 min → 24.8 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.0% → 4.6%▲ 0.6 pp

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

Public transit2.7% → 2.1%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.8% → 79.4%▼ 8.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.4% ±6.7 pp
Carpool11.3% ±5.6 pp
Public transit2.1% ±2.2 pp
Walk1.2% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home4.6% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 6,078 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.

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

12thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% 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.

77th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,393± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+6,078± 533 MOE
Workers with travel time5,796± 493 MOE
Estimated home workers282± 153 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.