Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17697582024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Shorewood, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 34.7 min one way; 11.8% worked from home, 82.8% drove alone, and 17.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
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 Shorewood village's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +5.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.0 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Shorewood village residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.8%; 0.9% used public transit and 11.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 8,542 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Shorewood village compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 92th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Shorewood village's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 8,542 workers age 16+, including 7,537 workers with reported travel time and 1,005 home workers.
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.
05 / SAME STATE
All Illinois reports →Comparable Illinois commute records for Shorewood village
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.