Edwardsville Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Edwardsville, 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 Edwardsville: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Edwardsville spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 180 hours, about 7.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 9% less time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 2.0 minutes.

Edwardsville holds about 0.2% of Illinois's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Edwardsville would save about 72 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,231 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)
Edwardsville	21.6 min	43.2 min	180 hrs/yr	$5,578	2,120
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.

Edwardsville Commute Map

On average, it takes 21.6 minutes to get to work in Edwardsville. That's 4% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 15.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Edwardsville

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Edwardsville: 6.4 times less than the Illinois average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Edwardsville: 7.7 times less than the Illinois average (0.8% vs 5.8%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Edwardsville: 69.3 times less than the Illinois average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

Biking is unusually rare in Edwardsville: 5.7 times less than the Illinois average (0.1% vs 0.5%).

Commute Mode Trends in Edwardsville, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Edwardsville 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	Public Transportation	Other	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	89.4%	3.5%	2.0%	4.2%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2010	90.9%	2.5%	2.2%	3.4%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2011	91.5%	2.6%	2.2%	2.8%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2012	92.8%	2.7%	1.9%	1.5%	0.7%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2013	91.4%	3.8%	2.1%	1.4%	0.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	91.1%	3.2%	1.8%	2.3%	0.6%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	89.8%	5.1%	1.5%	2.2%	0.7%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	89.9%	5.3%	1.4%	2.1%	0.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.2%
2017	88.3%	6.1%	2.4%	2.1%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%
2018	88.5%	6.2%	2.4%	2.3%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%
2019	88.9%	6.8%	2.1%	1.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	88.4%	7.8%	2.0%	1.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	86.5%	9.8%	1.9%	0.9%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	84.8%	12.5%	0.8%	0.9%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	84.3%	13.6%	0.5%	0.5%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	81.9%	15.5%	1.5%	0.8%	0.3%	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 peaked in 2012 at 92.8%. Overall it fell from 89.4% in 2009 to 81.9% in 2024, down 7.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Edwardsville: its share of workers rose from 3.5% in 2009 to 15.5% in 2024, up 12.0 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 4.2% to 0.8% of workers (down 3.4 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2012 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Edwardsville

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Edwardsville?

The bars show when commuters in Edwardsville 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		2.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.8%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.6%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.7%
7:00-7:29 AM		18.3%
7:30-7:59 AM		15.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		8.3%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.7%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.9%
10:00-10:59 AM		5.6%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		8.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		3.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Edwardsville is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Illinois. Early starts are less common than in Illinois: 9.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Illinois: 53.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.7%) 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 Edwardsville, 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 Edwardsville 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 Edwardsville 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	Edwardsville	Illinois	United States
2009	7:48 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:47 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:50 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:47 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:50 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:48 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:47 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:43 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:45 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:44 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:46 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:42 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:40 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:41 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:39 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:33 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Edwardsville were on the road by 7:33 AM, 15 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:48 AM). That goes against the trend across Illinois, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Edwardsville now leave 5 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 Edwardsville has moved 13 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Edwardsville in the whole series.

How does Edwardsville's commute time compare?

Metric	Edwardsville	Illinois	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.6 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	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	15.5%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.8%	5.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Edwardsville is 21.6 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Illinois.

0.8% commute by public transit, lower than the 5.8% in Illinois. 1.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.8% in Illinois.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Edwardsville, Illinois.

Is commuting expensive in Edwardsville, Illinois?

Commuters here spend an estimated 180 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,578 at a typical national wage. That's 9% less than the typical Illinois commuter spends.

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

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

How common is public transit use in Edwardsville, Illinois?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.8% of commuters use it versus 5.8% in Illinois, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.