Dolton Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Dolton, 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 Dolton: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Dolton 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 29% more time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 6.8 minutes.

Dolton 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 Dolton would save about 102 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,149 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)
Dolton	30.5 min	60.9 min	254 hrs/yr	$7,872	3,553
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.

Dolton Commute Map

On average, it takes 30.5 minutes to get to work in Dolton. That's 36% 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 11.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Dolton

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Dolton, versus 0.1% in Illinois.

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

Commute Mode Trends in Dolton, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Dolton 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	Public Transportation	Other	Walked	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	86.6%	1.9%	10.5%	0.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	89.0%	1.9%	8.1%	0.4%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	86.5%	1.8%	10.5%	0.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	84.6%	1.6%	12.3%	0.6%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	83.6%	1.8%	13.1%	0.8%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	81.0%	1.2%	15.4%	0.8%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	79.8%	1.3%	16.7%	0.9%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	80.2%	1.1%	16.1%	1.6%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	80.9%	1.8%	15.2%	1.2%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	77.8%	2.1%	16.0%	2.2%	1.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	78.7%	3.1%	14.6%	2.4%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	80.5%	4.4%	11.1%	2.2%	1.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	78.9%	7.8%	8.6%	2.4%	2.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	77.0%	10.4%	6.9%	3.5%	1.8%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	79.4%	11.5%	6.7%	1.3%	0.7%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	78.1%	11.8%	7.5%	1.3%	1.1%	0.1%	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 2010 at 89.0% and lowest in 2022 at 77.0%. Overall it fell from 86.6% in 2009 to 78.1% in 2024, down 8.5 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Dolton: its share of workers rose from 1.9% in 2009 to 11.8% in 2024, up 9.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 10.5% to 7.5% of workers (down 3.0 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Dolton

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Dolton?

The bars show when commuters in Dolton 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		8.4%
5:00-5:29 AM		7.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		5.7%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.9%
7:30-7:59 AM		7.2%
8:00-8:29 AM		8.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		3.1%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		4.3%
12:00-3:59 PM		11.3%
4:00-11:59 PM		9.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Dolton is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Illinois. Early starts are more common than in Illinois: 18.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Illinois: 35.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (30.6%) 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 Dolton, 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 Dolton 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 Dolton 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	Dolton	Illinois	United States
2009	7:24 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:22 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:20 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:19 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:22 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:18 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:17 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:21 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:23 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:24 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:32 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:29 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:29 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:28 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:26 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:36 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Dolton were on the road by 7:36 AM, 12 minutes later than in 2009 (7:24 AM). The shift is sharper than across Illinois, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Dolton now leave 2 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 Dolton has moved 4 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Dolton in the whole series.

How does Dolton's commute time compare?

Metric	Dolton	Illinois	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	30.5 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	11.8%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	7.5%	5.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Dolton is 30.5 minutes, longer than the 23.6 minutes in Illinois.

7.5% commute by public transit, higher than the 5.8% in Illinois. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 2.8% in Illinois.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Dolton, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Dolton, IL compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Dolton, IL	20,134	30.5 min #1/3	11.8% #1/3	7:36 AM #2/3
South Holland, IL	22,419	31.8 min	11.4%	7:21 AM
Calumet City, IL	34,245	31.5 min	9.1%	8:03 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Dolton, Illinois.

Is commuting expensive in Dolton, Illinois?

Commuters here spend an estimated 254 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,872 at a typical national wage. That's 29% more than the typical Illinois commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Dolton, Illinois?

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