Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17776942024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Vernon Hills, Illinois
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.9 min one way; 29.3% worked from home, 60.9% drove alone, and 7.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.9 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home29.3%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone60.9%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.5%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 Vernon Hills 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 +9.2 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Vernon Hills village residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.9%; 2.6% used public transit and 29.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 14,296 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Vernon Hills village 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.
Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 77% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Vernon Hills village's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 14,296 workers age 16+, including 10,103 workers with reported travel time and 4,193 home workers.
Population estimate26,876± 38 MOE
Workers age 16+14,296± 706 MOE
Workers with travel time10,103± 687 MOE
Estimated home workers4,193± 587 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
All Illinois reports →Comparable Illinois commute records for Vernon Hills village
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.