Commuting in Logan County, 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 Logan County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Logan County spend about 32 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 135 hours, about 5.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 31% less time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 7.4 minutes.
Logan County 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 Logan County would save about 54 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,679 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)
Logan County
16.2 min
32.5 min
135 hrs/yr
$4,197
739
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.
On average, it takes
16.2
minutes to get to work in
Logan County.
That's 28% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 83% of counties in Illinois
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 8.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Logan County
Car:
86.9%
Worked at Home:
8.7%
Walked:
2.6%
Taxi:
0.8%
Other:
0.6%
Public Transportation:
0.4%unusually low
Bicycle:
0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Public transit is unusually rare in Logan County: 16.2 times less than the Illinois average (0.4% vs 5.8%).
Biking is unusually rare in Logan County: 4.6 times less than the Illinois average (0.1% vs 0.5%).
Commute Mode Trends in Logan County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Logan County 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
Walked
Taxi
Other
Public Transportation
Bicycle
Motorcycle
2009
89.9%
4.8%
3.8%
0.0%
1.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2010
91.1%
3.8%
3.1%
0.0%
1.8%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2011
92.6%
2.5%
3.0%
0.0%
0.7%
0.7%
0.4%
0.0%
2012
92.5%
2.0%
3.3%
0.0%
0.8%
0.6%
0.6%
0.1%
2013
91.7%
2.3%
3.8%
0.0%
0.8%
0.7%
0.6%
0.1%
2014
91.1%
2.8%
4.0%
0.0%
0.4%
0.7%
0.7%
0.3%
2015
90.8%
3.5%
4.0%
0.0%
0.3%
0.8%
0.3%
0.3%
2016
90.7%
4.2%
3.4%
0.0%
0.3%
0.8%
0.3%
0.3%
2017
91.5%
4.4%
2.8%
0.0%
0.2%
0.6%
0.4%
0.2%
2018
90.3%
4.8%
3.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.5%
0.6%
0.2%
2019
90.9%
4.9%
2.9%
0.0%
0.2%
0.4%
0.6%
0.1%
2020
90.2%
5.4%
3.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
2021
89.4%
6.0%
3.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
2022
88.9%
6.7%
3.2%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
2023
88.5%
7.3%
2.9%
0.3%
0.4%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
86.9%
8.7%
2.6%
0.8%
0.6%
0.4%
0.1%
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 89.9% in 2009 to 86.9% in 2024, down 3.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Logan County: its share of workers rose from 4.8% in 2009 to 8.7% in 2024, up 3.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.8% to 2.6% of workers (down 1.2 percentage points).
Taking a taxi overtook biking to become the 4th most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Logan County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Logan County?
The bars show when commuters in Logan County 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 AMLogan County5.9%Illinois5.6%
5.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMLogan County4.5%Illinois4.3%
4.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMLogan County4.4%Illinois4.9%
4.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMLogan County9.1%Illinois9.0%
9.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMLogan County11.5%Illinois9.4%
11.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMLogan County14.4%Illinois14.3%
14.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMLogan County13.2%Illinois11.6%
13.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMLogan County10.7%Illinois11.2%
10.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMLogan County2.8%Illinois5.2%
2.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMLogan County4.1%Illinois6.1%
4.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMLogan County1.9%Illinois2.9%
1.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMLogan County1.3%Illinois1.5%
1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMLogan County9.9%Illinois7.7%
9.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMLogan County6.2%Illinois6.3%
6.2%
Logan CountyIllinoisSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Logan County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Illinois. Early starts are about as common as in Illinois: 14.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Illinois: 49.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.4%) 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 Logan County, 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 Logan County 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 Logan County 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
Logan County
Illinois
United States
2009
7:27 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:29 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:34 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:36 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:28 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:31 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:29 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:29 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:28 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:31 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:27 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:27 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:24 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:25 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:29 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:30 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Logan County were on the road by 7:30 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:27 AM). The shift is sharper than across Illinois, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Logan County now leave 7 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 Logan County has moved 4 minutes later.
How does Logan County's commute time compare?
Metric
Logan County
Illinois
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
16.2 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
8.7%
15.9%
15.0%
Walked
2.6%
2.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.4%
5.8%
3.2%
The average commute time in Logan County is 16.2 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Illinois.
0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 5.8% in Illinois. 2.6% commute by walking, lower than the 2.8% in Illinois.
Logan County, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Logan County, IL is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 27,712 residents against a local median of 101,849. The measure that sets Logan County, IL apart most is work from home: 8.7%, 21% below the local median of 11.0%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 16.2 min against a local median of 20.0 min, 19% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 19% below the local median it puts Logan County, IL at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 5.3% on work from home, so Logan County, IL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Logan County, IL has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Logan County, Illinois.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Logan County, Illinois?
Commuters here spend an estimated 135 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,197 at a typical national wage. That's 31% less than the typical Illinois commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Logan County, Illinois?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Logan County, 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.
How common is public transit use in Logan County, Illinois?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.4% of commuters use it versus 5.8% in Illinois, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
How do commute times compare across counties in Illinois?
Among counties in Illinois, the shortest average commutes are in Edgar County (12.0 min), Brown County (12.7 min), Morgan County (13.1 min). The longest are in Calhoun County (43.8 min), Pulaski County (31.2 min), Pope County (31.0 min).