Hanover Park Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Hanover Park: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Hanover Park spend about 52 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 215 hours, about 9.0 full days, spent commuting.

That is 8% more time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.8 minutes each way, a difference of 2.0 minutes.

Hanover Park holds about 0.2% of Illinois's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Hanover Park would save about 86 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,668 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)
Hanover Park 25.8 min 51.6 min 215 hrs/yr $6,669 6,307
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.

Hanover Park Commute Map

On average, it takes 25.8 minutes to get to work in Hanover Park. That's 15% longer than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM , followed by 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 9.5% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

  • Car: 85.8%
  • Worked at Home: 9.5%
  • Public Transportation: 2.5%
  • Walked: 1.2%
  • Other: 0.7%
  • Taxi: 0.3%
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Motorcycle commuting is unusually low in Hanover Park: 16.2 times less than the Illinois average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Bicycle commuting is unusually low in Hanover Park: 13.3 times less than the Illinois average (0.0% vs 0.5%).

How does Hanover Park's commute time compare?

Metric Hanover Park Illinois US Average
Avg. Commute Time 25.8 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 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 9.5% 14.0% 13.4%
Walked 1.2% 2.7% 2.4%
Public Transit 2.5% 6.4% 3.5%

The average commute time in Hanover Park is 25.8 minutes, longer than the 23.8 minutes in Illinois.

2.5% commute by public transit, lower than the 6.4% in Illinois. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 2.7% in Illinois.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Hanover Park, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Hanover Park, IL is the 4th largest of the 5 cities compared here, 29,338 residents against a local median of 35,030. Hanover Park, IL's work from home, at 9.5%, runs 34% below the 14.5% typical of the cities around it.

The cities themselves spread 7.4% on work from home, so Hanover Park, IL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Hanover Park, IL has the 5th highest work from home of the 5 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home
Hanover Park, IL 29,338 25.8 min #3/5 9.5% #5/5
Streamwood, IL 37,804 25.8 min 10.3%
Bartlett, IL 33,195 27.3 min 17.7%
Bloomingdale, IL 22,627 25.7 min 15.1%
Carol Stream, IL 36,866 26.4 min 13.9%

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Hanover Park, Illinois.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Hanover Park, Illinois?

Commuters here spend an estimated 215 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,669 at a typical national wage. That's 8% more than the typical Illinois commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Hanover Park, Illinois?

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