Carol Stream Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Carol Stream: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Carol Stream spend about 53 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 220 hours, about 9.2 full days, spent commuting.

That is 11% more time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.8 minutes each way, a difference of 2.6 minutes.

Carol Stream holds about 0.3% of Illinois's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Carol Stream would save about 88 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,726 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)
Carol Stream 26.4 min 52.8 min 220 hrs/yr $6,815 6,663
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.

Carol Stream Commute Map

On average, it takes 26.4 minutes to get to work in Carol Stream. 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 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 13.9% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

  • Car: 81.6%
  • Worked at Home: 13.9%
  • Public Transportation: 2.8%
  • Walked: 0.9%
  • Other: 0.7%
  • Bicycle: 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Motorcycle commuting is unusually low in Carol Stream: 84471462.3 times less than the Illinois average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Taxi commuting is unusually low in Carol Stream: 12.9 times less than the Illinois average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

Bicycle commuting is unusually low in Carol Stream: 4.9 times less than the Illinois average (0.1% vs 0.5%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Carol Stream: just 1.0%, 3.2 times below the Illinois average of 3.3%.

How does Carol Stream's commute time compare?

Metric Carol Stream Illinois US Average
Avg. Commute Time 26.4 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 13.9% 14.0% 13.4%
Walked 0.9% 2.7% 2.4%
Public Transit 2.8% 6.4% 3.5%

The average commute time in Carol Stream is 26.4 minutes, longer than the 23.8 minutes in Illinois.

2.8% 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

Carol Stream, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Carol Stream, IL is the 2nd largest of the 5 cities compared here, 36,866 residents against a local median of 26,262. Nothing separates Carol Stream, 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, 11% above the local median at 26.4 min against 23.8 min. Carol Stream, IL has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 5 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home
Carol Stream, IL 36,866 26.4 min #5/5 13.9% #3/5
Bloomingdale, IL 22,627 25.7 min 15.1%
Glendale Heights, IL 23,187 22.0 min 10.2%
Hanover Park, IL 29,338 25.8 min 9.5%
Wheaton, IL 45,588 21.5 min 22.8%

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Carol Stream, Illinois.

Is living in Carol Stream, Illinois good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 220 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,815 at a typical national wage. That's 11% more than the typical Illinois commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Carol Stream, Illinois?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Carol Stream, 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.