What is the average commute in Wood Dale city, Illinois?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Wood Dale city, Illinois work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · IL · GEOID 17829852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wood Dale, Illinois

Name: Commute estimates for Wood Dale city, Illinois
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.8 min one way; 15.3% worked from home, 71.4% drove alone, and 8.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.8 min±5.2 min MOE

Worked from home15.3%±4.4 pp MOE

Drove alone71.4%±5.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.9%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 Wood Dale city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.7 min → 27.8 min▼ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.2% → 15.3%▲ 8.1 pp

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

Public transit3.4% → 1.2%▼ 2.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.7% → 71.4%▼ 7.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wood Dale city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.4%; 1.2% used public transit and 15.3% worked from home.

Drive alone71.4% ±5.8 pp

Carpool10.5% ±3.1 pp

Public transit1.2% ±0.6 pp

Walk1.4% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home15.3% ±4.4 pp

Each share uses 7,564 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wood Dale city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

67^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wood Dale city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,564 workers age 16+, including 6,407 workers with reported travel time and 1,157 home workers.

Population estimate13,933± 30 MOE

Workers age 16+7,564± 524 MOE

Workers with travel time6,407± 601 MOE

Estimated home workers1,157± 341 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Illinois commute records for Wood Dale city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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