Commuting in Crawford County, 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 Crawford County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Crawford County spend about 26 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 110 hours, about 4.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 44% less time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 10.5 minutes.
Crawford County holds about 0.1% of Illinois's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Crawford County would save about 44 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,360 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)
Crawford County
13.2 min
26.3 min
110 hrs/yr
$3,400
631
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.
On average, it takes
13.2
minutes to get to work in
Crawford County.
That's 41% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 5 fastest counties in Illinois
The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Crawford County
Car:
91.7%unusually high
Worked at Home:
4.7%unusually low
Walked:
2.5%
Bicycle:
0.5%
Other:
0.4%
Public Transportation:
0.2%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Driving is 24% more common in Crawford County than the Illinois average (91.7% vs 73.7%).
Public transit is unusually rare in Crawford County: 24.9 times less than the Illinois average (0.2% vs 5.8%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Crawford County, versus 0.3% in Illinois.
Working from home is unusually rare in Crawford County: 3.4 times less than the Illinois average (4.7% vs 15.9%).
Commute Mode Trends in Crawford County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Crawford County 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
Walked
Bicycle
Other
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
92.8%
3.6%
2.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.5%
2010
92.2%
3.7%
2.7%
0.4%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
0.5%
2011
92.1%
3.3%
2.7%
0.3%
0.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.6%
2012
93.6%
2.5%
2.0%
0.4%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.6%
2013
94.6%
2.5%
1.6%
0.0%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.5%
2014
94.2%
2.7%
1.7%
0.0%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.5%
2015
94.8%
2.2%
1.6%
0.0%
0.6%
0.3%
0.1%
0.4%
2016
94.6%
2.5%
1.7%
0.0%
0.6%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
2017
94.9%
2.4%
1.6%
0.2%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2018
92.7%
4.1%
2.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
2019
93.2%
3.7%
2.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
2020
91.5%
5.0%
2.9%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2021
90.6%
5.4%
3.1%
0.2%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
90.0%
5.7%
3.0%
0.5%
0.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
91.9%
4.5%
2.7%
0.5%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
91.7%
4.7%
2.5%
0.5%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2017 at 94.9% and lowest in 2022 at 90.0%. Overall it fell from 92.8% in 2009 to 91.7% in 2024, down 1.1 percentage points.
Working from home gained the most ground in Crawford County: its share of workers rose from 3.6% in 2009 to 4.7% in 2024, up 1.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Riding a motorcycle lost the most ground, falling from 0.5% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).
Working from home peaked at 5.7% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 4.7%.
Commute Start Times in Crawford County
⏰Earlier AlarmsThe 2nd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among Illinois's 102 counties: the typical start is 27 minutes earlier than in 2009.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Crawford County?
The bars show when commuters in Crawford County 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
12:00-4:59 AMCrawford County8.5%Illinois5.6%
8.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCrawford County6.5%Illinois4.3%
6.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCrawford County8.0%Illinois4.9%
8.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCrawford County11.8%Illinois9.0%
11.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCrawford County14.9%Illinois9.4%
14.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCrawford County8.9%Illinois14.3%
8.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCrawford County13.3%Illinois11.6%
13.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCrawford County6.1%Illinois11.2%
6.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCrawford County3.4%Illinois5.2%
3.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCrawford County3.4%Illinois6.1%
3.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCrawford County0.6%Illinois2.9%
0.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCrawford County1.6%Illinois1.5%
1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCrawford County5.7%Illinois7.7%
5.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCrawford County7.4%Illinois6.3%
7.4%
Crawford CountyIllinoisSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Crawford County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 14.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.4% across Illinois. Early starts are more common than in Illinois: 22.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Illinois: 43.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.8%) 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 Crawford County, 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 Crawford County 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 Crawford County 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
Crawford County
Illinois
United States
2009
7:28 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:31 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:31 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:26 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:23 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:17 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:26 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:23 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:26 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:27 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:23 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:19 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:16 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:07 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:06 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:01 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Crawford County were on the road by 7:01 AM, 27 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:28 AM). That goes against the trend across Illinois, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Crawford County now leave 37 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 Crawford County has moved 22 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Crawford County in the whole series.
How does Crawford County's commute time compare?
Metric
Crawford County
Illinois
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
13.2 min
23.6 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
06:30 AM – 06:59 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
4.7%
15.9%
15.0%
Walked
2.5%
2.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.2%
5.8%
3.2%
The average commute time in Crawford County is 13.2 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Illinois.
0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 5.8% in Illinois. 2.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.8% in Illinois.
Crawford County, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Crawford County, IL is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 18,511 residents against a local median of 15,265. Where Crawford County, IL breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 41% below the local median of 22.1 min at 13.2 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 4.7% against a local median of 6.4%, 27% below it. The counties themselves spread 9.6 min on one-way commute, so Crawford County, IL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Crawford County, IL has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Crawford County, Illinois.
Is commuting expensive in Crawford County, Illinois?
Commuters here spend an estimated 110 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,400 at a typical national wage. That's 44% less than the typical Illinois commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Crawford County, Illinois?
Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Crawford County, 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 public transportation a realistic commute option in Crawford County, Illinois?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% of commuters use it versus 5.8% in Illinois, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in Illinois?
Among counties in Illinois, the shortest average commutes are in Edgar County (12.0 min), Brown County (12.7 min), Morgan County (13.1 min). The longest are in Calhoun County (43.8 min), Pulaski County (31.2 min), Pope County (31.0 min).