Homer Glen Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Homer Glen, 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 Homer Glen: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Homer Glen spend about 65 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 269 hours, about 11.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 37% more time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 8.7 minutes.

Homer Glen 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 Homer Glen would save about 108 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,339 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)
Homer Glen	32.3 min	64.6 min	269 hrs/yr	$8,348	2,836
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.

Homer Glen Commute Map

On average, it takes 32.3 minutes to get to work in Homer Glen. That's 44% 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 14.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Homer Glen

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Homer Glen: 1053633.0 times less than the Illinois average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Walking is unusually rare in Homer Glen: 14.7 times less than the Illinois average (0.2% vs 2.8%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Homer Glen: 4.0 times less than the Illinois average (1.5% vs 5.8%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Homer Glen, versus 0.3% in Illinois.

Biking is unusually rare in Homer Glen: 16.9 times less than the Illinois average (0.0% vs 0.5%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Homer Glen: just 0.2%, 15.0 times below the Illinois average of 3.3%.

Commute Mode Trends in Homer Glen, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Homer Glen 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	92.5%	1.9%	4.0%	0.3%	1.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2010	92.2%	2.9%	3.7%	0.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2011	91.6%	2.8%	3.9%	0.8%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2012	91.5%	2.9%	4.2%	0.9%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	90.5%	3.1%	5.0%	1.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	90.5%	3.7%	4.7%	1.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	91.0%	3.8%	4.1%	1.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	91.9%	3.8%	3.7%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	91.4%	4.3%	3.6%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	91.3%	4.5%	3.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	91.2%	4.5%	3.5%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	87.9%	6.9%	3.7%	1.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2021	86.8%	9.0%	2.8%	0.9%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	84.9%	11.5%	2.6%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	84.0%	13.6%	1.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	83.5%	14.1%	1.5%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	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 92.5% in 2009 to 83.5% in 2024, down 9.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Homer Glen: its share of workers rose from 1.9% in 2009 to 14.1% in 2024, up 12.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 4.0% to 1.5% of workers (down 2.5 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2016 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Homer Glen

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Homer Glen?

The bars show when commuters in Homer Glen 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		4.5%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.5%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		6.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		16.1%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.3%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.1%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.7%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.9%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Homer Glen is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Illinois. Early starts are about as common as in Illinois: 15.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Illinois: 44.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.2%) 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 Homer Glen, 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 Homer Glen 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 Homer Glen 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	Homer Glen	Illinois	United States
2009	7:24 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:20 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:20 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:21 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:21 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:20 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:23 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:23 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:25 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:24 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:26 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:26 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:26 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:26 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:30 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:32 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Homer Glen were on the road by 7:32 AM, 8 minutes later than in 2009 (7:24 AM). The shift is sharper than across Illinois, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Homer Glen now leave 6 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Homer Glen has moved 6 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Homer Glen in the whole series.

How does Homer Glen's commute time compare?

Metric	Homer Glen	Illinois	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	32.3 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	14.1%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	0.2%	2.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.5%	5.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Homer Glen is 32.3 minutes, longer than the 23.6 minutes in Illinois.

1.5% commute by public transit, lower than the 5.8% in Illinois. 0.2% commute by walking, lower than the 2.8% in Illinois.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Homer Glen, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Homer Glen, IL	25,259	32.3 min #2/2	14.1% #1/2	7:32 AM #2/2
Lockport, IL	20,214	31.3 min	12.8%	7:26 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Homer Glen, Illinois.

Is living in Homer Glen, Illinois good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 269 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,348 at a typical national wage. That's 37% more than the typical Illinois commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Homer Glen, Illinois?

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

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Homer Glen, Illinois?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 1.5% of commuters use it versus 5.8% in Illinois, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.