What is the average commute in Wauconda village, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 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 17792672024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wauconda, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Wauconda village, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.3 min one way; 15.2% worked from home, 72.0% drove alone, and 9.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.3 min±3.6 min MOE

Worked from home15.2%±3.5 pp MOE

Drove alone72.0%±4.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.4%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 Wauconda village's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.7 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute32.3 min → 31.3 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.5% → 15.2%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit3.0% → 2.5%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.6% → 72.0%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wauconda village residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.0%; 2.5% used public transit and 15.2% worked from home.

Drive alone72.0% ±4.1 pp

Carpool8.9% ±2.2 pp

Public transit2.5% ±1.2 pp

Walk0.6% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home15.2% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 7,398 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wauconda village compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 82th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

82^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82^thTransit percentile

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

67^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wauconda village's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,398 workers age 16+, including 6,274 workers with reported travel time and 1,124 home workers.

Population estimate14,027± 33 MOE

Workers age 16+7,398± 411 MOE

Workers with travel time6,274± 448 MOE

Estimated home workers1,124± 266 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 Wauconda 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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