Bolingbrook Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Bolingbrook: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Bolingbrook spend about 53 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 219 hours, about 9.1 full days, spent commuting.

That is 10% more time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.8 minutes each way, a difference of 2.5 minutes.

Bolingbrook holds about 0.6% of Illinois's population but accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Bolingbrook would save about 88 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,713 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)
Bolingbrook 26.3 min 52.5 min 219 hrs/yr $6,783 4,288
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.

Bolingbrook Commute Map

On average, it takes 26.3 minutes to get to work in Bolingbrook. That's 17% longer than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM , followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 15.4% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

  • Car: 79.2%
  • Worked at Home: 15.4%
  • Public Transportation: 2.1%
  • Other: 1.3%
  • Walked: 1.1%
  • Taxi: 0.6%
  • Bicycle: 0.2%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Motorcycle commuting is essentially absent in Bolingbrook, versus 0.1% in Illinois.

How does Bolingbrook's commute time compare?

Metric Bolingbrook Illinois US Average
Avg. Commute Time 26.3 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 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 15.4% 14.0% 13.4%
Walked 1.1% 2.7% 2.4%
Public Transit 2.1% 6.4% 3.5%

The average commute time in Bolingbrook is 26.3 minutes, longer than the 23.8 minutes in Illinois.

2.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 6.4% in Illinois. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 2.7% in Illinois.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Bolingbrook, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Bolingbrook, IL is the 2nd largest of the 5 cities compared here, 75,045 residents against a local median of 34,399. Bolingbrook, IL's work from home, at 15.4%, runs 24% below the 20.4% typical of the cities around it.

The cities themselves spread 15.5% on work from home, so Bolingbrook, IL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Bolingbrook, IL has the 4th highest work from home of the 5 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home
Bolingbrook, IL 75,045 26.3 min #2/5 15.4% #4/5
Romeoville, IL 37,292 30.2 min 11.0%
Woodridge, IL 31,506 27.3 min 18.1%
Naperville, IL 127,521 26.9 min 26.5%
Lisle, IL 21,854 25.3 min 22.7%

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Bolingbrook, Illinois.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 219 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,783 at a typical national wage. That's 10% more than the typical Illinois commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Bolingbrook, Illinois?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Bolingbrook, Illinois. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.