Hoffman Estates Commute Time Map & Patterns
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Commute Time Burden in Hoffman Estates: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Hoffman Estates spend about 50 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 210 hours, about 8.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 6% more time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 1.5 minutes.
Hoffman Estates 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 Hoffman Estates would save about 84 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,599 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffman Estates | 25.2 min | 50.3 min | 210 hrs/yr | $6,498 | 3,734 |
| 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.
Hoffman Estates Commute Map
On average, it takes 25.2 minutes to get to work in Hoffman Estates. That's 12% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 18.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Hoffman Estates
- Car: 77.2%
- Worked at Home: 18.2%
- Public Transportation: 2.3%
- Walked: 1.2%
- Other: 0.8%
- Bicycle: 0.1% unusually low
- Taxi: 0.1%
- Motorcycle: < 0.1%
Biking is unusually rare in Hoffman Estates: 3.6 times less than the Illinois average (0.1% vs 0.5%).
Commute Mode Trends in Hoffman Estates, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Hoffman Estates 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 | Walked | Other | Taxi | Motorcycle | Bicycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 91.5% | 2.8% | 3.0% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| 2010 | 90.8% | 3.3% | 2.9% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.7% |
| 2011 | 91.0% | 3.1% | 2.7% | 1.2% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.9% |
| 2012 | 91.2% | 3.3% | 2.9% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.8% |
| 2013 | 91.4% | 3.4% | 2.7% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.7% |
| 2014 | 91.7% | 3.4% | 2.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.5% |
| 2015 | 91.4% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| 2016 | 90.4% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| 2017 | 89.7% | 4.3% | 4.2% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| 2018 | 89.0% | 4.6% | 4.4% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| 2019 | 88.6% | 4.9% | 4.4% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| 2020 | 84.9% | 8.6% | 4.3% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| 2021 | 82.0% | 12.4% | 3.5% | 0.4% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| 2022 | 79.7% | 15.2% | 2.9% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| 2023 | 78.1% | 16.4% | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| 2024 | 77.2% | 18.2% | 2.3% | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2014 at 91.7%. Overall it fell from 91.5% in 2009 to 77.2% in 2024, down 14.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 10 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Hoffman Estates: its share of workers rose from 2.8% in 2009 to 18.2% in 2024, up 15.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 13.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.0% to 2.3% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).
Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2017 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Hoffman Estates
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hoffman Estates?
The bars show when commuters in Hoffman Estates 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
Hoffman Estates4.1%
Illinois5.6%
|
4.1% |
|---|---|---|
| 5:00-5:29 AM |
5:00-5:29 AM
Hoffman Estates3.9%
Illinois4.3%
|
3.9% |
| 5:30-5:59 AM |
5:30-5:59 AM
Hoffman Estates3.0%
Illinois4.9%
|
3.0% |
| 6:00-6:29 AM |
6:00-6:29 AM
Hoffman Estates7.5%
Illinois9.0%
|
7.5% |
| 6:30-6:59 AM |
6:30-6:59 AM
Hoffman Estates8.1%
Illinois9.4%
|
8.1% |
| 7:00-7:29 AM |
7:00-7:29 AM
Hoffman Estates14.8%
Illinois14.3%
|
14.8% |
| 7:30-7:59 AM |
7:30-7:59 AM
Hoffman Estates9.7%
Illinois11.6%
|
9.7% |
| 8:00-8:29 AM |
8:00-8:29 AM
Hoffman Estates12.9%
Illinois11.2%
|
12.9% |
| 8:30-8:59 AM |
8:30-8:59 AM
Hoffman Estates7.6%
Illinois5.2%
|
7.6% |
| 9:00-9:59 AM |
9:00-9:59 AM
Hoffman Estates8.8%
Illinois6.1%
|
8.8% |
| 10:00-10:59 AM |
10:00-10:59 AM
Hoffman Estates4.6%
Illinois2.9%
|
4.6% |
| 11:00-11:59 AM |
11:00-11:59 AM
Hoffman Estates2.1%
Illinois1.5%
|
2.1% |
| 12:00-3:59 PM |
12:00-3:59 PM
Hoffman Estates8.0%
Illinois7.7%
|
8.0% |
| 4:00-11:59 PM |
4:00-11:59 PM
Hoffman Estates5.0%
Illinois6.3%
|
5.0% |
Hoffman Estates Illinois Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Hoffman Estates is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Illinois. Early starts are less common than in Illinois: 11.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush looks much like Illinois's: 45.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (28.5%) 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 Hoffman Estates, 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 Hoffman Estates 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 Hoffman Estates 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 | Hoffman Estates | Illinois | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7:40 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2010 | 7:41 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2011 | 7:43 AM | 7:36 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2012 | 7:39 AM | 7:36 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2013 | 7:39 AM | 7:36 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2014 | 7:42 AM | 7:36 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2015 | 7:40 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2016 | 7:40 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2017 | 7:44 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2018 | 7:42 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2019 | 7:41 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2020 | 7:45 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2021 | 7:47 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2022 | 7:48 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2023 | 7:50 AM | 7:36 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2024 | 7:57 AM | 7:36 AM | 7:38 AM |
In 2024, half of commuters in Hoffman Estates were on the road by 7:57 AM, 17 minutes later than in 2009 (7:40 AM). The shift is sharper than across Illinois, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Hoffman Estates now leave 19 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 Hoffman Estates has moved 16 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Hoffman Estates in the whole series.
How does Hoffman Estates's commute time compare?
| Metric | Hoffman Estates | Illinois | US Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. Commute Time | 25.2 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 | 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM | 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM | 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM |
| Work From Home | 18.2% | 15.9% | 15.0% |
| Walked | 1.2% | 2.8% | 2.4% |
| Public Transit | 2.3% | 5.8% | 3.2% |
The average commute time in Hoffman Estates is 25.2 minutes, longer than the 23.6 minutes in Illinois.
2.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 5.8% in Illinois. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 2.8% in Illinois.
Hoffman Estates, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities
Hoffman Estates, IL is the 2nd largest of the 4 cities compared here, 48,159 residents against a local median of 38,420. The measure that sets Hoffman Estates, IL apart most is work from home: 18.2%, 55% above the local median of 11.8%.
The cities themselves spread 8.9% on work from home, so Hoffman Estates, IL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Hoffman Estates, IL has the 2nd highest work from home of the 4 areas compared here.
| Area | Population | One-way commute | Work from home | Typical departure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffman Estates, IL | 48,159 | 25.2 min #2/4 | 18.2% #2/4 | 7:57 AM #4/4 |
| Streamwood, IL | 38,420 | 26.8 min | 11.8% | 7:18 AM |
| Schaumburg, IL | 78,574 | 24.0 min | 19.2% | 7:43 AM |
| Hanover Park, IL | 30,659 | 25.2 min | 10.4% | 7:28 AM |
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about commuting in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
Is commuting expensive in Hoffman Estates, Illinois?
Commuters here spend an estimated 210 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,498 at a typical national wage. That's 6% more than the typical Illinois commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Hoffman Estates, Illinois?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Hoffman Estates, 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.