How much time do drivers in Elk Grove Village spend on the road daily?
Map AI9/10/26, 12:14 PM
Commute Time Burden in Elk Grove Village: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Elk Grove Village spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 192 hours, about 8.0 full days, spent commuting.
That is 3% less time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.8 minutes each way, a difference of 0.8 minutes.
Elk Grove Village 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 Elk Grove Village would save about 77 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,378 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)
Elk Grove Village
23.0 min
46.0 min
192 hrs/yr
$5,945
3,138
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.
Elk Grove Village Commute Map
On average, it takes
23.0
minutes to get to work in
Elk Grove Village.
That's 2% longer than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
,
followed by
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
.
Most people travel to work by
Car
, followed by
Worked at Home
.
About 11.7%
work from home.
Commute mode distribution
Car:
84.1%
Worked at Home:
11.7%
Public Transportation:
2.2%
Other:
0.9%
Bicycle:
0.6%
Walked:
0.5%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle commuting is essentially absent in Elk Grove Village, versus 0.1% in Illinois.
Walked commuting is unusually low in Elk Grove Village: 5.9 times less than the Illinois average (0.5% vs 2.7%).
Taxi commuting is unusually low in Elk Grove Village: 5.1 times less than the Illinois average (0.1% vs 0.3%).
Few people walk or bike to work in Elk Grove Village: just 1.0%, 3.2 times below the Illinois average of 3.3%.
How does Elk Grove Village's commute time compare?
Metric
Elk Grove Village
Illinois
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
23.0 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
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
11.7%
14.0%
13.4%
Walked
0.5%
2.7%
2.4%
Public Transit
2.2%
6.4%
3.5%
The average commute time in Elk Grove Village is 23.0 minutes, shorter than the 23.8 minutes in Illinois.
2.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 6.4% in Illinois. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.7% in Illinois.
Common questions about commuting in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.
Is living in Elk Grove Village, Illinois good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 192 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,945 at a typical national wage. That's 3% less than the typical Illinois commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Elk Grove Village, Illinois?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.