ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17779932024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Villa Park, Illinois

Mean one-way trip26.8 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home21.0%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone65.9%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.8%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 commute27.4 min → 26.8 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.1% → 21.0%▲ 8.9 pp

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

Public transit3.4% → 3.1%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.9% → 65.9%▼ 8.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone65.9% ±2.8 pp
Carpool7.8% ±2.0 pp
Public transit3.1% ±1.2 pp
Walk1.0% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.5 pp
Work from home21.0% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 11,964 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.

61thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% 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 estimate22,345± 572 MOE
Workers age 16+11,964± 501 MOE
Workers with travel time9,451± 506 MOE
Estimated home workers2,513± 462 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.