What is the average commute in St. Charles city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in St. Charles city, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · IL · GEOID 17667032024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Charles, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for St. Charles city, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.0 min one way; 15.2% worked from home, 73.4% drove alone, and 10.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.0 min±2.2 min MOE

Worked from home15.2%±2.3 pp MOE

Drove alone73.4%±3.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.0%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 St. Charles city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.6 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute30.3 min → 27.0 min▼ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.6% → 15.2%▲ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit4.4% → 2.3%▼ 2.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.5% → 73.4%▼ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How St. Charles city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.4%; 2.3% used public transit and 15.2% worked from home.

Drive alone73.4% ±3.5 pp

Carpool6.8% ±4.2 pp

Public transit2.3% ±0.9 pp

Walk1.6% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home15.2% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 18,221 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How St. Charles city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 60th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

60^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

58^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

75^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

73^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind St. Charles city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 18,221 workers age 16+, including 15,454 workers with reported travel time and 2,767 home workers.

Population estimate32,854± 153 MOE

Workers age 16+18,221± 688 MOE

Workers with travel time15,454± 751 MOE

Estimated home workers2,767± 425 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

Comparable Illinois commute records for St. Charles city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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