ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17801252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Dundee, Illinois

Mean one-way trip25.5 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home19.3%±5.9 pp MOE
Drove alone72.1%±6.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.2%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 commute28.3 min → 25.5 min▼ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.4% → 19.3%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.2%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.0% → 72.1%▼ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.1% ±6.3 pp
Carpool4.3% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.9% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home19.3% ±5.9 pp

Each share uses 4,662 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.

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,906± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+4,662± 473 MOE
Workers with travel time3,762± 478 MOE
Estimated home workers900± 291 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.