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Commute Time Burden in Massac County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Massac County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 155 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 21% less time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 5.0 minutes.

Massac County holds about 0.1% of Illinois's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Massac County would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,923 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)
Massac County 18.6 min 37.2 min 155 hrs/yr $4,807 870
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.

Commute Time Map: Illinois Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Illinois
  1. Edgar County (12.0 min)
  2. Brown County (12.7 min)
  3. Morgan County (13.1 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Illinois
  1. Calhoun County (43.8 min)
  2. Pulaski County (31.2 min)
  3. Pope County (31.0 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Massac County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 18.6 minutes to get to work in Massac County. That's 17% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Massac County

  • Car: 92.8% unusually high
  • Worked at Home: 5.3%
  • Walked: 0.8% unusually low
  • Bicycle: 0.5%
  • Other: 0.3%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Driving is 26% more common in Massac County than the Illinois average (92.8% vs 73.7%).

Walking is unusually rare in Massac County: 3.4 times less than the Illinois average (0.8% vs 2.8%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Massac County: 83.9 times less than the Illinois average (0.1% vs 5.8%).

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

Commute Mode Trends in Massac County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Massac 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 Bicycle Other Public Transportation Motorcycle Taxi
2009 94.1% 2.0% 1.7% 0.5% 1.5% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
2010 94.5% 1.8% 1.5% 0.6% 1.2% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0%
2011 93.3% 1.9% 2.3% 0.7% 1.5% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 93.7% 2.1% 1.9% 0.2% 1.3% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 93.7% 2.0% 1.7% 0.2% 1.9% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0%
2014 93.7% 1.7% 2.0% 0.2% 1.7% 0.7% 0.1% 0.0%
2015 92.6% 1.7% 2.3% 0.1% 2.4% 0.8% 0.2% 0.0%
2016 94.0% 2.0% 1.4% 0.1% 1.4% 0.9% 0.2% 0.0%
2017 94.0% 2.4% 1.5% 0.0% 1.0% 0.9% 0.2% 0.0%
2018 93.6% 2.7% 1.4% 0.0% 1.2% 0.8% 0.3% 0.0%
2019 94.2% 3.2% 0.7% 0.0% 1.2% 0.3% 0.4% 0.0%
2020 94.7% 3.3% 0.5% 0.0% 1.1% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0%
2021 93.7% 4.4% 0.8% 0.0% 0.5% 0.3% 0.3% 0.0%
2022 93.5% 5.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.7% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
2023 93.1% 5.7% 0.7% 0.1% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
2024 92.8% 5.3% 0.8% 0.5% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2020 at 94.7% and lowest in 2015 at 92.6%. Overall it fell from 94.1% in 2009 to 92.8% in 2024, down 1.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Massac County: its share of workers rose from 2.0% in 2009 to 5.3% in 2024, up 3.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.7% to 0.8% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Massac County

  • Night OwlThe latest start among Illinois's 102 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 8:05 AM.
  • Hitting SnoozeThe 2nd-biggest shift to later mornings among Illinois's 102 counties: the typical start is 29 minutes later than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Massac County?

The bars show when commuters in Massac 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
4.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
3.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
3.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
4.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
11.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
6.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
12.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
21.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
7.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
8.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM
6.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
7.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Massac County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 21.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.2% across Illinois. Early starts are less common than in Illinois: 11.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Illinois: 51.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.2%) 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 Massac 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 Massac 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 Massac 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 Massac County Illinois United States
2009 7:36 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:38 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:36 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:30 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:31 AM 7:36 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:30 AM 7:36 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:29 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:32 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:42 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:43 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:49 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:52 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:53 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2022 8:03 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2023 8:05 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2024 8:05 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Massac County were on the road by 8:05 AM, 29 minutes later than in 2009 (7:36 AM). The shift is sharper than across Illinois, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Massac County now leave 27 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 Massac County has moved 17 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Massac County in the whole series.

How does Massac County's commute time compare?

Metric Massac County Illinois US Average
Avg. Commute Time 18.6 min 23.6 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 08:00 AM – 08:29 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 5.3% 15.9% 15.0%
Walked 0.8% 2.8% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 5.8% 3.2%

The average commute time in Massac County is 18.6 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Illinois.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 5.8% in Illinois. 0.8% commute by walking, lower than the 2.8% in Illinois.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Massac County, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Massac County, IL is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 13,864 residents against a local median of 8,899. The measure that sets Massac County, IL apart most is one-way commute: 18.6 min, 31% below the local median of 26.9 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 15.5 min on one-way commute, so Massac County, IL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Massac County, IL has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Massac County, IL 13,864 18.6 min #2/6 5.3% #3/6 8:05 AM #6/6
McCracken County, KY 67,525 15.5 min 8.3% 7:37 AM
Pope County, IL 3,739 31.0 min 10.0% 7:29 AM
Johnson County, IL 13,376 30.0 min 4.8% 7:46 AM
Ballard County, KY 7,652 22.4 min 2.6% 7:17 AM
Livingston County, KY 8,899 26.9 min 4.9% 6:52 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Massac County, Illinois.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 155 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,807 at a typical national wage. That's 21% less than the typical Illinois commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Massac County, Illinois?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Massac 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.

Do people use public transit in Massac County, Illinois?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 5.8% in Illinois, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Which counties in Illinois have the fastest and slowest commutes?

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).