ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17697582024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Shorewood, Illinois

Mean one-way trip34.7 min±6.2 min MOE
Worked from home11.8%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone82.8%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip17.7%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 commute28.8 min → 34.7 min▲ 5.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.7% → 11.8%▲ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 0.9%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.8% → 82.8%▲ 3.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone82.8% ±4.7 pp
Carpool3.5% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.9% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home11.8% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 8,542 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.

92thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,343± 26 MOE
Workers age 16+8,542± 654 MOE
Workers with travel time7,537± 678 MOE
Estimated home workers1,005± 269 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.