Aurora Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Aurora: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Aurora spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 194 hours, about 8.1 full days, spent commuting.

That is 2% less time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.8 minutes each way, a difference of 0.5 minutes.

Aurora holds about 1.4% of Illinois's population and accounts for roughly 1.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Aurora would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,406 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)
Aurora 23.3 min 46.6 min 194 hrs/yr $6,016 3,804
Illinois 23.8 min 47.6 min 198 hrs/yr $6,148 1,547
United States 22.5 min 44.9 min 187 hrs/yr $5,803 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.

Aurora Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.3 minutes to get to work in Aurora. That's 4% longer than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM , followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 13.6% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

  • Car: 80.0%
  • Worked at Home: 13.6%
  • Public Transportation: 3.2%
  • Walked: 1.6%
  • Other: 1.1%
  • Bicycle: 0.2% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1%

Taxi commuting is unusually low in Aurora: 3.7 times less than the Illinois average (0.1% vs 0.3%).

Bicycle commuting is unusually low in Aurora: 3.3 times less than the Illinois average (0.2% vs 0.5%).

How does Aurora's commute time compare?

Metric Aurora Illinois US Average
Avg. Commute Time 23.3 min 23.8 min 22.5 min
Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 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 13.6% 14.0% 13.4%
Walked 1.6% 2.7% 2.4%
Public Transit 3.2% 6.4% 3.5%

The average commute time in Aurora is 23.3 minutes, shorter than the 23.8 minutes in Illinois.

3.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 6.4% in Illinois. 1.6% commute by walking, lower than the 2.7% in Illinois.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Aurora, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Aurora, IL is the largest of the 4 cities compared here, 177,409 residents against a local median of 22,548. Nothing separates Aurora, IL sharply from the cities around it. Each measure below lands within 15% of the local median, close enough that the differences are within what survey sampling alone would produce.

The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 15% below the local median at 23.3 min against 27.4 min. Aurora, IL has the lowest one-way commute of the 4 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home
Aurora, IL 177,409 23.3 min #1/4 13.6% #3/4
Montgomery, IL 20,144 28.3 min 11.8%
Batavia, IL 22,548 23.4 min 18.6%
Oswego, IL 24,439 27.4 min 14.5%

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Aurora, Illinois.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Aurora, Illinois?

Commuters here spend an estimated 194 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,016 at a typical national wage. That's 2% less than the typical Illinois commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Aurora, Illinois?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Aurora, Illinois. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.