Commute Time Burden in Berwyn: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Berwyn spend about 61 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 254 hours, about 10.6 full days, spent commuting.
That is 28% more time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.8 minutes each way, a difference of 6.7 minutes.
Berwyn holds about 0.4% of Illinois's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Berwyn would save about 102 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,147 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)
Berwyn
30.5 min
60.9 min
254 hrs/yr
$7,866
5,011
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.
Berwyn Commute Map
On average, it takes
30.5
minutes to get to work in
Berwyn.
That's 36% 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 10.2%
work from home.
Commute mode distribution
Car:
76.7%
Worked at Home:
10.2%
Public Transportation:
7.9%
Walked:
2.6%
Other:
1.2%
Taxi:
0.9%
Bicycle:
0.4%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle commuting is essentially absent in Berwyn, versus 0.1% in Illinois.
How does Berwyn's commute time compare?
Metric
Berwyn
Illinois
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
30.5 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
10.2%
14.0%
13.4%
Walked
2.6%
2.7%
2.4%
Public Transit
7.9%
6.4%
3.5%
The average commute time in Berwyn is 30.5 minutes, longer than the 23.8 minutes in Illinois.
7.9% commute by public transit, higher than the 6.4% in Illinois. 2.6% commute by walking, lower than the 2.7% in Illinois.
Common questions about commuting in Berwyn, Illinois.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Berwyn, Illinois?
Commuters here spend an estimated 254 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,866 at a typical national wage. That's 28% more than the typical Illinois commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Berwyn, Illinois?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Berwyn, 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.