What is the average commute in Streamwood village, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Streamwood village, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 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 17731572024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Streamwood, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Streamwood village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.1 min one way; 11.8% worked from home, 75.3% drove alone, and 11.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Streamwood village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.3 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 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 Streamwood village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.3%; 1.5% used public transit and 11.8% worked from home.

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

How Streamwood village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 78th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

78^thMean commute percentile

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

41^thWork-from-home percentile

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

64^thTransit percentile

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

78^th60+ 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 Streamwood village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 20,046 workers age 16+, including 17,672 workers with reported travel time and 2,374 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Illinois commute records for Streamwood village

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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