ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17736382024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Summit, Illinois

Mean one-way trip28.9 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home5.2%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone65.2%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.9%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 commute32.4 min → 28.9 min▼ 3.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.3% → 5.2%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit6.6% → 8.8%▲ 2.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.2% → 65.2%▼ 7.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.2% ±5.6 pp
Carpool17.7% ±5.8 pp
Public transit8.8% ±4.9 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home5.2% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 4,651 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.

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

96thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,846± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+4,651± 357 MOE
Workers with travel time4,410± 372 MOE
Estimated home workers241± 91 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.