ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17733912024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Sugar Grove, Illinois

Mean one-way trip29.2 min±5.7 min MOE
Worked from home27.2%±7.3 pp MOE
Drove alone69.8%±6.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.7%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 commute29.5 min → 29.2 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.0% → 27.2%▲ 15.2 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.5%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.1% → 69.8%▼ 10.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.8% ±6.8 pp
Carpool1.8% ±1.5 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.9 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home27.2% ±7.3 pp

Each share uses 4,220 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.

74thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,240± 63 MOE
Workers age 16+4,220± 369 MOE
Workers with travel time3,071± 378 MOE
Estimated home workers1,149± 324 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.