ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17819192024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Willowbrook, Illinois

Mean one-way trip26.8 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home11.7%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone78.0%±5.5 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute28.0 min → 26.8 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 11.7%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit4.1% → 4.4%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.0% → 78.0%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.0% ±5.5 pp
Carpool4.3% ±2.5 pp
Public transit4.4% ±4.7 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home11.7% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 4,680 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.

50thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 50% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

89thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67th60+ 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 the shares

Population estimate9,131± 72 MOE
Workers age 16+4,680± 340 MOE
Workers with travel time4,132± 374 MOE
Estimated home workers548± 175 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.