Carpentersville Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Carpentersville, Illinois: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Carpentersville: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Carpentersville spend about 54 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 226 hours, about 9.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 15% more time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 3.4 minutes.

Carpentersville 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 Carpentersville would save about 90 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,798 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)
Carpentersville	27.1 min	54.1 min	226 hrs/yr	$6,994	4,369
Illinois	23.6 min	47.3 min	197 hrs/yr	$6,104	1,547
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	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.

Carpentersville Commute Map

On average, it takes 27.1 minutes to get to work in Carpentersville. That's 21% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Carpentersville

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Carpentersville: 928677.2 times less than the Illinois average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Carpentersville: 6.2 times less than the Illinois average (0.9% vs 5.8%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Carpentersville: 8.5 times less than the Illinois average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

Biking is essentially absent in Carpentersville, versus 0.5% in Illinois.

Commute Mode Trends in Carpentersville, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Carpentersville get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	92.1%	3.0%	1.0%	1.1%	2.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
2010	92.8%	2.8%	0.9%	1.0%	2.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2011	93.2%	2.2%	1.2%	1.0%	2.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2012	93.5%	2.8%	1.2%	1.0%	1.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
2013	94.3%	2.1%	0.9%	0.8%	1.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2014	94.7%	2.0%	0.8%	0.7%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2015	94.7%	1.7%	0.8%	0.9%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2016	95.2%	1.8%	0.6%	0.8%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	94.3%	1.8%	0.9%	0.8%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	93.2%	2.1%	1.3%	1.2%	1.8%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2019	92.0%	2.6%	2.0%	1.6%	1.5%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
2020	91.1%	3.5%	3.0%	1.0%	1.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	89.2%	5.4%	2.7%	1.4%	1.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2022	88.9%	6.3%	2.6%	1.2%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	86.7%	8.1%	2.3%	1.8%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	85.7%	10.3%	1.6%	1.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2016 at 95.2%. Overall it fell from 92.1% in 2009 to 85.7% in 2024, down 6.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Carpentersville: its share of workers rose from 3.0% in 2009 to 10.3% in 2024, up 7.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.5% to 0.9% of workers (down 1.6 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Carpentersville

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Carpentersville?

The bars show when commuters in Carpentersville leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Illinois for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		7.5%
5:00-5:29 AM		7.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.5%
7:00-7:29 AM		11.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.4%
8:00-8:29 AM		8.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.7%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.8%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.2%
12:00-3:59 PM		10.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.3%

Carpentersville Illinois Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Carpentersville is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 11.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Illinois. Early starts are more common than in Illinois: 21.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Illinois: 38.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.5%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Carpentersville, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Carpentersville Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Carpentersville next to Illinois and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Carpentersville	Illinois	United States
2009	7:14 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:15 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:16 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:23 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:26 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:25 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:31 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:23 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:23 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:23 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:26 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:24 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:25 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:24 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:21 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:24 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Carpentersville were on the road by 7:24 AM, 10 minutes later than in 2009 (7:14 AM). The shift is sharper than across Illinois, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Carpentersville now leave 14 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Carpentersville has moved 2 minutes earlier.

How does Carpentersville's commute time compare?

Metric	Carpentersville	Illinois	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	27.1 min	23.6 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	12:00 PM – 03:59 PM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	10.3%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.9%	5.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Carpentersville is 27.1 minutes, longer than the 23.6 minutes in Illinois.

0.9% commute by public transit, lower than the 5.8% in Illinois. 1.4% commute by walking, lower than the 2.8% in Illinois.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Carpentersville, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Carpentersville, IL compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Carpentersville, IL	23,807	27.1 min #1/2	10.3% #2/2	7:24 AM #2/2
Algonquin, IL	28,443	30.2 min	21.9%	7:17 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Carpentersville, Illinois.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 226 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,994 at a typical national wage. That's 15% more than the typical Illinois commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Carpentersville, Illinois. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in Carpentersville, Illinois?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.9% of commuters use it versus 5.8% in Illinois, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.