Glenview Commute Time Map & Patterns
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Commute Time Burden in Glenview: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Glenview spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 197 hours, about 8.2 full days, spent commuting. That is about the same time on the road as the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way.
Glenview holds about 0.4% of Illinois's population and accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Glenview would save about 79 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,444 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenview | 23.7 min | 47.3 min | 197 hrs/yr | $6,110 | 2,945 |
| 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.
Glenview Commute Map
On average, it takes 23.7 minutes to get to work in Glenview. That's 6% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 23.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Glenview
- Car: 66.8%
- Worked at Home: 23.2%
- Public Transportation: 6.0%
- Other: 2.1%
- Walked: 1.6%
- Taxi: 0.1%
- Motorcycle: < 0.1%
- Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
Biking is unusually rare in Glenview: 15.6 times less than the Illinois average (0.0% vs 0.5%).
Commute Mode Trends in Glenview, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Glenview 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.
Show commute mode data by year
| Year | Car | Worked at Home | Public Transportation | Other | Walked | Taxi | Motorcycle | Bicycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 81.8% | 5.6% | 10.2% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| 2010 | 82.0% | 5.1% | 10.5% | 0.6% | 1.6% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| 2011 | 81.3% | 5.7% | 10.5% | 0.4% | 1.7% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| 2012 | 80.5% | 6.5% | 10.8% | 0.4% | 1.5% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| 2013 | 80.1% | 6.8% | 10.5% | 0.4% | 1.8% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| 2014 | 79.6% | 7.7% | 10.5% | 0.3% | 1.6% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| 2015 | 79.1% | 8.0% | 10.9% | 0.3% | 1.5% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| 2016 | 79.9% | 7.9% | 10.3% | 0.2% | 1.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| 2017 | 79.4% | 7.9% | 10.5% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| 2018 | 78.9% | 8.4% | 10.8% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| 2019 | 78.2% | 7.9% | 12.0% | 0.4% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| 2020 | 75.3% | 11.1% | 11.0% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| 2021 | 72.3% | 15.0% | 9.9% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| 2022 | 70.5% | 18.5% | 8.7% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| 2023 | 68.1% | 20.0% | 8.0% | 2.1% | 1.6% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| 2024 | 66.8% | 23.2% | 6.0% | 2.1% | 1.6% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2010 at 82.0%. Overall it fell from 81.8% in 2009 to 66.8% in 2024, down 15.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Glenview: its share of workers rose from 5.6% in 2009 to 23.2% in 2024, up 17.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 15.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 10.2% to 6.0% of workers (down 4.2 percentage points).
Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Glenview
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Glenview?
The bars show when commuters in Glenview 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 AM
Glenview2.2%
Illinois5.6%
|
2.2% |
|---|---|---|
| 5:00-5:29 AM |
5:00-5:29 AM
Glenview1.9%
Illinois4.3%
|
1.9% |
| 5:30-5:59 AM |
5:30-5:59 AM
Glenview1.6%
Illinois4.9%
|
1.6% |
| 6:00-6:29 AM |
6:00-6:29 AM
Glenview4.7%
Illinois9.0%
|
4.7% |
| 6:30-6:59 AM |
6:30-6:59 AM
Glenview6.9%
Illinois9.4%
|
6.9% |
| 7:00-7:29 AM |
7:00-7:29 AM
Glenview12.6%
Illinois14.3%
|
12.6% |
| 7:30-7:59 AM |
7:30-7:59 AM
Glenview17.2%
Illinois11.6%
|
17.2% |
| 8:00-8:29 AM |
8:00-8:29 AM
Glenview18.8%
Illinois11.2%
|
18.8% |
| 8:30-8:59 AM |
8:30-8:59 AM
Glenview8.9%
Illinois5.2%
|
8.9% |
| 9:00-9:59 AM |
9:00-9:59 AM
Glenview9.3%
Illinois6.1%
|
9.3% |
| 10:00-10:59 AM |
10:00-10:59 AM
Glenview3.9%
Illinois2.9%
|
3.9% |
| 11:00-11:59 AM |
11:00-11:59 AM
Glenview2.8%
Illinois1.5%
|
2.8% |
| 12:00-3:59 PM |
12:00-3:59 PM
Glenview6.0%
Illinois7.7%
|
6.0% |
| 4:00-11:59 PM |
4:00-11:59 PM
Glenview3.2%
Illinois6.3%
|
3.2% |
Glenview Illinois Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Glenview is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 18.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.2% across Illinois. Early starts are less common than in Illinois: 5.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Illinois: 55.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.1%) 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 Glenview, 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 Glenview 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 Glenview 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.
Show typical departure times by year
| Year | Glenview | Illinois | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7:49 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2010 | 7:51 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2011 | 7:50 AM | 7:36 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2012 | 7:53 AM | 7:36 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2013 | 7:53 AM | 7:36 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2014 | 7:53 AM | 7:36 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2015 | 7:52 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2016 | 7:51 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2017 | 7:49 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2018 | 7:48 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2019 | 7:49 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2020 | 7:51 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2021 | 7:52 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2022 | 7:55 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2023 | 8:02 AM | 7:36 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2024 | 8:05 AM | 7:36 AM | 7:38 AM |
In 2024, half of commuters in Glenview were on the road by 8:05 AM, 16 minutes later than in 2009 (7:49 AM). The shift is sharper than across Illinois, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Glenview now leave 27 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Glenview has moved 15 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Glenview in the whole series.
How does Glenview's commute time compare?
| Metric | Glenview | Illinois | US Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. Commute Time | 23.7 min | 23.6 min | 22.4 min |
| Departure Window | 08:00 AM – 08:29 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 | 23.2% | 15.9% | 15.0% |
| Walked | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2.4% |
| Public Transit | 6.0% | 5.8% | 3.2% |
The average commute time in Glenview is about the same as in Illinois.
6.0% commute by public transit, higher than the 5.8% in Illinois. 1.6% commute by walking, lower than the 2.8% in Illinois.
Glenview, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities
Glenview, IL is the largest of the 4 cities compared here, 47,742 residents against a local median of 28,688. Where Glenview, IL breaks from the cities next to it is work from home, sitting 32% above the local median of 17.6% at 23.2%.
The cities themselves spread 19.3% on work from home, so Glenview, IL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Glenview, IL has the 2nd highest work from home of the 4 areas compared here.
| Area | Population | One-way commute | Work from home | Typical departure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenview, IL | 47,742 | 23.7 min #2/4 | 23.2% #2/4 | 8:05 AM #4/4 |
| Northbrook, IL | 32,185 | 22.9 min | 30.9% | 7:59 AM |
| Morton Grove, IL | 25,227 | 25.6 min | 17.6% | 7:50 AM |
| Niles, IL | 28,688 | 25.7 min | 11.6% | 7:52 AM |
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about commuting in Glenview, Illinois.
Is living in Glenview, Illinois good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 197 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,110 at a typical national wage.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Glenview, Illinois?
Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Glenview, 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 much money can remote workers save in Glenview, Illinois?
About 23.2% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Glenview would save about 79 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,444 at the same national wage assumption used above.