ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17705642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

South Barrington, Illinois

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±7.3 min MOE
Worked from home19.3%±8.2 pp MOE
Drove alone69.6%±8.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.4%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 commute31.1 min → 29.0 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.6% → 19.3%▼ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 3.6%▲ 2.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.5% → 69.6%▼ 7.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.6% ±8.0 pp
Carpool6.0% ±5.7 pp
Public transit3.6% ±2.7 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home19.3% ±8.2 pp

Each share uses 2,253 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.

73thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

77thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 77% 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.

80th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,021± 96 MOE
Workers age 16+2,253± 219 MOE
Workers with travel time1,819± 245 MOE
Estimated home workers434± 190 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.