ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17731572024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Streamwood, Illinois

Mean one-way trip30.1 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home11.8%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone75.3%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.0%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 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 → 30.1 min▲ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.2% → 11.8%▲ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit1.9% → 1.5%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.5% → 75.3%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.3% ±3.6 pp
Carpool9.7% ±1.9 pp
Public transit1.5% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home11.8% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 20,046 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.

78thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

64thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

78th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate39,001± 735 MOE
Workers age 16+20,046± 923 MOE
Workers with travel time17,672± 986 MOE
Estimated home workers2,374± 392 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.