Gurnee Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Gurnee, 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 Gurnee: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Gurnee spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 196 hours, about 8.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% less time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 0.2 minutes.

Gurnee 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 Gurnee would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,425 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)
Gurnee	23.5 min	46.9 min	196 hrs/yr	$6,061	3,731
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.

Gurnee Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.5 minutes to get to work in Gurnee. That's 5% longer 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 17.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Gurnee

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

Walking is unusually rare in Gurnee: 8.9 times less than the Illinois average (0.3% vs 2.8%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Gurnee: 3.5 times less than the Illinois average (1.7% vs 5.8%).

Biking is unusually rare in Gurnee: 57.2 times less than the Illinois average (0.0% vs 0.5%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Gurnee: just 0.3%, 10.3 times below the Illinois average of 3.3%.

Commute Mode Trends in Gurnee, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Gurnee 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	91.9%	3.7%	2.3%	0.5%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2010	90.7%	4.4%	2.8%	0.4%	1.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%
2011	90.0%	5.3%	3.2%	0.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%
2012	89.2%	5.9%	3.4%	0.4%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.5%
2013	88.7%	6.3%	3.0%	0.4%	1.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.3%
2014	89.1%	6.2%	3.1%	0.4%	0.9%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
2015	88.8%	6.3%	2.7%	0.6%	1.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%
2016	88.4%	7.0%	2.5%	0.6%	1.1%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%
2017	89.1%	6.4%	2.3%	0.6%	1.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2018	89.8%	5.8%	2.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.1%	0.3%	0.2%
2019	89.9%	5.6%	2.7%	0.8%	0.6%	0.1%	0.3%	0.2%
2020	87.9%	8.4%	2.2%	0.7%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%
2021	86.2%	10.4%	1.9%	0.8%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
2022	83.4%	13.5%	1.8%	0.7%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2023	81.3%	16.1%	1.3%	0.8%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	79.7%	17.5%	1.7%	0.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 91.9% in 2009 to 79.7% in 2024, down 12.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Gurnee: its share of workers rose from 3.7% in 2009 to 17.5% in 2024, up 13.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 11.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.1% to 0.3% of workers (down 0.8 percentage points).

Public transit peaked at 3.4% in 2012 and has since fallen back to 1.7%.

Commute Start Times in Gurnee

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Gurnee?

The bars show when commuters in Gurnee 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		3.9%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.3%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.9%
7:00-7:29 AM		17.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.0%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.2%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		8.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.4%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.1%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Gurnee is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Illinois. Early starts are less common than in Illinois: 12.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Illinois: 49.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.0%) 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 Gurnee, 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 Gurnee 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 Gurnee 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	Gurnee	Illinois	United States
2009	7:30 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:31 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:29 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:33 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:37 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:39 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:42 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:42 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:38 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:38 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:35 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:27 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:28 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:32 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:37 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:35 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Gurnee were on the road by 7:35 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:30 AM). The shift is sharper than across Illinois, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Gurnee now leave 3 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Gurnee's commute time compare?

Metric	Gurnee	Illinois	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.5 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	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	17.5%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	0.3%	2.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.7%	5.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Gurnee is 23.5 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Illinois.

1.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 5.8% in Illinois. 0.3% commute by walking, lower than the 2.8% in Illinois.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Gurnee, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Gurnee, IL compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Gurnee, IL	23,970	23.5 min #2/2	17.5% #1/2	7:35 AM #2/2
Waukegan, IL	86,567	23.2 min	7.6%	7:24 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Gurnee, Illinois.

Is commuting expensive in Gurnee, Illinois?

Commuters here spend an estimated 196 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,061 at a typical national wage. That's 1% less than the typical Illinois commuter spends.

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

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

Do people use public transit in Gurnee, Illinois?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 1.7% of commuters use it versus 5.8% in Illinois, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.