Alexander County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Alexander County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Alexander County spend about 52 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 217 hours, about 9.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 10% more time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 2.4 minutes.

Alexander County holds about 0.0% of Illinois's population and accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Alexander County would save about 87 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,689 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Alexander County	26.0 min	52.0 min	217 hrs/yr	$6,721	686
Illinois	23.6 min	47.3 min	197 hrs/yr	$6,104	1,547
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

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On average, it takes 26.0 minutes to get to work in Alexander County. That's 16% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 88% of counties in Illinois

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Alexander County

• Car: 92.0% unusually high
• Worked at Home: 4.7% unusually low
• Other: 2.6%
• Walked: 0.7% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Alexander County, versus 0.1% in Illinois.

Driving is 25% more common in Alexander County than the Illinois average (92.0% vs 73.7%).

Walking is unusually rare in Alexander County: 3.9 times less than the Illinois average (0.7% vs 2.8%).

Public transit is essentially absent in Alexander County, versus 5.8% in Illinois.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Alexander County, versus 0.3% in Illinois.

Working from home is unusually rare in Alexander County: 3.4 times less than the Illinois average (4.7% vs 15.9%).

Biking is essentially absent in Alexander County, versus 0.5% in Illinois.

Few people walk or bike to work in Alexander County: just 0.7%, 4.7 times below the Illinois average of 3.3%.

Commute Mode Trends in Alexander County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Alexander County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

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• Other
• Walked
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	90.7%	0.8%	2.2%	4.5%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	1.0%
2010	93.6%	0.8%	1.6%	3.2%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	93.9%	0.3%	2.0%	2.1%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	93.0%	0.6%	2.2%	1.7%	2.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	94.6%	0.6%	1.6%	2.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	94.5%	0.8%	0.6%	2.4%	1.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2015	93.0%	0.8%	1.5%	2.5%	2.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2016	94.4%	1.1%	1.4%	2.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2017	93.5%	2.6%	1.3%	1.7%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2018	91.6%	4.0%	1.2%	1.0%	2.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2019	87.6%	7.4%	1.5%	0.7%	2.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2020	87.2%	7.4%	1.6%	1.5%	2.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2021	91.3%	6.0%	0.5%	0.8%	1.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2022	91.4%	3.6%	2.6%	0.7%	1.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2023	92.9%	3.5%	2.6%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	92.0%	4.7%	2.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2013 at 94.6% and lowest in 2020 at 87.2%. Overall it rose from 90.7% in 2009 to 92.0% in 2024, up 1.3 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Alexander County: its share of workers rose from 0.8% in 2009 to 4.7% in 2024, up 3.9 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.5% to 0.7% of workers (down 3.8 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2017 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 7.4% in 2019 and has since fallen back to 4.7%.

Commute Start Times in Alexander County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Alexander County?

The bars show when commuters in Alexander County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Illinois for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM	12:00-4:59 AM Alexander County6.7% Illinois5.6%	6.7%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Alexander County6.4% Illinois4.3%	6.4%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Alexander County3.6% Illinois4.9%	3.6%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Alexander County4.8% Illinois9.0%	4.8%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Alexander County5.6% Illinois9.4%	5.6%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Alexander County14.8% Illinois14.3%	14.8%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Alexander County17.7% Illinois11.6%	17.7%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Alexander County16.8% Illinois11.2%	16.8%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Alexander County2.3% Illinois5.2%	2.3%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Alexander County3.0% Illinois6.1%	3.0%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Alexander County1.7% Illinois2.9%	1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Alexander County0.6% Illinois1.5%	0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Alexander County5.9% Illinois7.7%	5.9%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Alexander County10.1% Illinois6.3%	10.1%

Alexander County Illinois Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Alexander County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 17.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.6% across Illinois. Early starts are more common than in Illinois: 16.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Illinois: 55.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.2%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Alexander County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Alexander County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Alexander County next to Illinois and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

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Show typical departure times by year

Year	Alexander County	Illinois	United States
2009	7:24 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:21 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:13 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:17 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:17 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:24 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:18 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:22 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:29 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:44 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:40 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:41 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:39 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:49 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:51 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:44 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Alexander County were on the road by 7:44 AM, 20 minutes later than in 2009 (7:24 AM). The shift is sharper than across Illinois, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Alexander County now leave 6 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Alexander County has moved 3 minutes later.

How does Alexander County's commute time compare?

Metric	Alexander County	Illinois	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	26.0 min	23.6 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	4.7%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	5.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Alexander County is 26.0 minutes, longer than the 23.6 minutes in Illinois.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 5.8% in Illinois. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 2.8% in Illinois.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau