ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17806452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Westmont, Illinois

Mean one-way trip26.6 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home22.0%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone68.5%±3.7 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 commute25.7 min → 26.6 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home15.0% → 22.0%▲ 7.0 pp

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

Public transit4.5% → 3.4%▼ 1.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.2% → 68.5%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.5% ±3.7 pp
Carpool4.2% ±1.4 pp
Public transit3.4% ±1.4 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home22.0% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 12,023 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.

60thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 86% 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 estimate23,724± 281 MOE
Workers age 16+12,023± 541 MOE
Workers with travel time9,374± 576 MOE
Estimated home workers2,649± 414 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.