Batavia Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Batavia: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Batavia spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 195 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 0.4 minutes.

Batavia holds about 0.2% of Illinois's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Batavia would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,419 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)
Batavia 23.4 min 46.8 min 195 hrs/yr $6,046 3,300
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.

Batavia Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.4 minutes to get to work in Batavia. 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 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 18.6% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

  • Car: 76.3%
  • Worked at Home: 18.6%
  • Public Transportation: 2.4%
  • Walked: 0.9%
  • Other: 0.6%
  • Bicycle: 0.5%
  • Motorcycle: 0.4% unusually high
  • Taxi: 0.1%

Motorcycle commuting is unusually common in Batavia: 6.6 times more than the Illinois average (0.4% vs 0.1%).

How does Batavia's commute time compare?

Metric Batavia Illinois US Average
Avg. Commute Time 23.4 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 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 18.6% 14.0% 13.4%
Walked 0.9% 2.7% 2.4%
Public Transit 2.4% 6.4% 3.5%

The average commute time in Batavia is 23.4 minutes, shorter than the 23.8 minutes in Illinois.

2.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 6.4% in Illinois. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 2.7% in Illinois.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Batavia, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Batavia, IL is the 3rd largest of the 4 cities compared here, 22,548 residents against a local median of 31,102. The measure that sets Batavia, IL apart most is work from home: 18.6%, 37% above the local median of 13.6%.

The cities themselves sit within 3.9% of each other on work from home, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Batavia, IL, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Batavia, IL has the highest work from home of the 4 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home
Batavia, IL 22,548 23.4 min #4/4 18.6% #1/4
St. Charles, IL 31,102 23.2 min 13.9%
Aurora, IL 177,409 23.3 min 13.6%
West Chicago, IL 20,933 22.2 min 10.1%

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Batavia, Illinois.

Is commuting expensive in Batavia, Illinois?

Commuters here spend an estimated 195 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,046 at a typical national wage. That's 2% less than the typical Illinois commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Batavia, Illinois?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Batavia, Illinois. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is Batavia, Illinois a good location for remote and hybrid workers?

About 18.6% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Batavia would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,419 at the same national wage assumption used above.