ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17835182024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Worth, Illinois

Mean one-way trip28.0 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home7.2%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone80.3%±3.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.6%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 commute29.9 min → 28.0 min▼ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 7.2%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit4.2% → 0.7%▼ 3.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.6% → 80.3%▼ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.3% ±3.7 pp
Carpool7.8% ±3.7 pp
Public transit0.7% ±1.0 pp
Walk2.8% ±2.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home7.2% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 4,822 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.

68thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

68th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,700± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+4,822± 364 MOE
Workers with travel time4,474± 365 MOE
Estimated home workers348± 163 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.