Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17701222024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Skokie, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.9 min one way; 20.3% worked from home, 58.6% drove alone, and 10.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.9 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home20.3%±1.8 pp MOE
Drove alone58.6%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.3%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 Skokie village's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.6 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 Skokie village residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.6%; 4.3% used public transit and 20.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 31,479 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Skokie village compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 66th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Skokie village's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 31,479 workers age 16+, including 25,079 workers with reported travel time and 6,400 home workers.
Population estimate66,219± 46 MOE
Workers age 16+31,479± 994 MOE
Workers with travel time25,079± 1,078 MOE
Estimated home workers6,400± 587 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 Skokie village
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.