ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17824002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Winfield, Illinois

Mean one-way trip28.8 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home26.5%±4.9 pp MOE
Drove alone61.5%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.7%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 commute29.6 min → 28.8 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.6% → 26.5%▲ 9.9 pp

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

Public transit6.2% → 4.7%▼ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.9% → 61.5%▼ 8.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone61.5% ±4.7 pp
Carpool4.1% ±2.0 pp
Public transit4.7% ±1.7 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home26.5% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 5,247 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.

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

91thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,095± 86 MOE
Workers age 16+5,247± 320 MOE
Workers with travel time3,855± 332 MOE
Estimated home workers1,392± 270 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.