Lockport Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Lockport, 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 Lockport: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lockport spend about 63 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 261 hours, about 10.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 32% more time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 7.6 minutes.

Lockport 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 Lockport would save about 104 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,231 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)
Lockport	31.3 min	62.5 min	261 hrs/yr	$8,079	2,892
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.

Lockport Commute Map

On average, it takes 31.3 minutes to get to work in Lockport. That's 40% 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 12.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lockport

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Lockport: 7.6 times more than the Illinois average (0.5% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Lockport: 3.3 times less than the Illinois average (1.8% vs 5.8%).

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

Biking is unusually rare in Lockport: 25.5 times less than the Illinois average (0.0% vs 0.5%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Lockport: just 1.0%, 3.4 times below the Illinois average of 3.3%.

Commute Mode Trends in Lockport, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lockport 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	Walked	Other	Motorcycle	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	90.1%	3.1%	2.7%	2.9%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2010	91.4%	2.5%	4.4%	0.9%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2011	92.6%	2.3%	4.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	92.1%	2.8%	3.7%	0.8%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	91.1%	3.3%	3.8%	1.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2014	92.0%	3.3%	3.4%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2015	91.3%	3.7%	2.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2016	92.2%	3.8%	2.3%	0.6%	0.9%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2017	92.4%	3.7%	2.1%	0.8%	0.5%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%
2018	91.4%	3.7%	3.0%	0.8%	0.7%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%
2019	91.0%	4.4%	2.8%	0.8%	0.6%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
2020	90.3%	5.4%	2.8%	0.9%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	87.4%	7.7%	3.0%	1.2%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2022	85.0%	10.9%	2.7%	0.8%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	84.8%	12.0%	1.6%	0.7%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	83.1%	12.8%	1.8%	1.0%	0.8%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2011 at 92.6%. Overall it fell from 90.1% in 2009 to 83.1% in 2024, down 7.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Lockport: its share of workers rose from 3.1% in 2009 to 12.8% in 2024, up 9.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.9% to 1.0% of workers (down 1.9 percentage points).

Public transit overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2010 release and has stayed ahead since.

Public transit peaked at 4.4% in 2010 and has since fallen back to 1.8%.

Commute Start Times in Lockport

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lockport?

The bars show when commuters in Lockport 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		7.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.4%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		8.2%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.6%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.8%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.1%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Lockport is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 12.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Illinois. Early starts are more common than in Illinois: 18.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Illinois: 42.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.8%) 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 Lockport, 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 Lockport 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 Lockport 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	Lockport	Illinois	United States
2009	7:19 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:12 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:10 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:06 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:08 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:15 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:17 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:18 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:20 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:19 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:14 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:15 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:17 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:22 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:25 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:26 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lockport were on the road by 7:26 AM, 8 minutes later than in 2009 (7:19 AM). The shift is sharper than across Illinois, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Lockport now leave 11 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 Lockport has moved 12 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Lockport in the whole series.

How does Lockport's commute time compare?

Metric	Lockport	Illinois	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	31.3 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	12.8%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.8%	5.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Lockport is 31.3 minutes, longer than the 23.6 minutes in Illinois.

1.8% commute by public transit, lower than the 5.8% in Illinois. 1.0% commute by walking, lower than the 2.8% in Illinois.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Lockport, Illinois.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Lockport, Illinois?

Commuters here spend an estimated 261 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,079 at a typical national wage. That's 32% more than the typical Illinois commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Lockport, Illinois?

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

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Lockport, Illinois?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 1.8% of commuters use it versus 5.8% in Illinois, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.