ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17826862024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Winthrop Harbor, Illinois

Mean one-way trip30.2 min±8.6 min MOE
Worked from home11.2%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone76.6%±5.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.8%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 commute31.4 min → 30.2 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.8% → 11.2%▲ 9.4 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.9% → 76.6%▼ 9.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.6% ±5.4 pp
Carpool10.5% ±6.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home11.2% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 3,127 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.

78thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

47thWork-from-home percentile

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

18thTransit percentile

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

69th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,559± 19 MOE
Workers age 16+3,127± 358 MOE
Workers with travel time2,778± 393 MOE
Estimated home workers349± 135 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.