Commuting in Moultrie 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 Moultrie County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Moultrie County spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 148 hours, about 6.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 25% less time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 5.8 minutes.
Moultrie 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 Moultrie County would save about 59 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,838 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)
Moultrie County
17.8 min
35.6 min
148 hrs/yr
$4,594
672
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
17.8
minutes to get to work in
Moultrie County.
That's 21% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 5.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Moultrie County
Car:
84.4%
Walked:
5.5%
Worked at Home:
5.3%
Bicycle:
2.4%unusually high
Taxi:
1.3%unusually high
Public Transportation:
0.6%unusually low
Other:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Public transit is unusually rare in Moultrie County: 9.5 times less than the Illinois average (0.6% vs 5.8%).
Taking a taxi is unusually common in Moultrie County: 3.9 times more than the Illinois average (1.3% vs 0.3%).
Biking is unusually common in Moultrie County: 4.5 times more than the Illinois average (2.4% vs 0.5%).
Commute Mode Trends in Moultrie County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Moultrie 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
Walked
Worked at Home
Bicycle
Taxi
Public Transportation
Other
Motorcycle
2009
86.3%
5.0%
4.9%
0.8%
0.0%
0.3%
2.5%
0.2%
2010
85.4%
3.7%
4.7%
1.9%
0.1%
0.3%
3.7%
0.2%
2011
85.8%
3.4%
4.7%
2.0%
0.1%
0.2%
3.7%
0.1%
2012
86.5%
2.5%
4.9%
1.7%
0.2%
0.0%
4.1%
0.0%
2013
87.8%
2.9%
4.5%
1.9%
0.2%
0.0%
2.8%
0.0%
2014
88.6%
3.3%
4.2%
1.7%
0.2%
0.1%
1.8%
0.2%
2015
88.4%
3.3%
4.8%
1.4%
0.0%
0.1%
1.9%
0.1%
2016
87.4%
2.8%
5.6%
1.6%
0.2%
0.0%
2.1%
0.2%
2017
87.3%
2.5%
5.9%
1.8%
0.1%
0.0%
2.1%
0.2%
2018
86.0%
3.2%
5.3%
2.5%
0.7%
0.1%
2.1%
0.2%
2019
85.3%
2.7%
5.3%
2.9%
0.5%
0.0%
3.1%
0.1%
2020
88.5%
2.4%
4.4%
2.6%
0.3%
0.0%
1.8%
0.1%
2021
87.1%
3.7%
4.1%
2.9%
0.4%
0.0%
1.7%
0.0%
2022
85.9%
4.4%
4.4%
3.2%
0.4%
0.2%
1.5%
0.0%
2023
85.1%
4.2%
5.0%
2.2%
1.2%
0.5%
1.6%
0.1%
2024
84.4%
5.5%
5.3%
2.4%
1.3%
0.6%
0.3%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2014 at 88.6%. Overall it fell from 86.3% in 2009 to 84.4% in 2024, down 1.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.
Biking gained the most ground in Moultrie County: its share of workers rose from 0.8% in 2009 to 2.4% in 2024, up 1.6 percentage points.
Taking a taxi overtook public transit to become the 5th most common choice in the 2016 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Moultrie County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Moultrie County?
The bars show when commuters in Moultrie 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 AMMoultrie County5.1%Illinois5.6%
5.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMMoultrie County7.1%Illinois4.3%
7.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMMoultrie County12.5%Illinois4.9%
12.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMMoultrie County12.9%Illinois9.0%
12.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMMoultrie County11.8%Illinois9.4%
11.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMMoultrie County15.7%Illinois14.3%
15.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMMoultrie County9.9%Illinois11.6%
9.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMMoultrie County5.5%Illinois11.2%
5.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMMoultrie County3.2%Illinois5.2%
3.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMMoultrie County3.7%Illinois6.1%
3.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMMoultrie County1.3%Illinois2.9%
1.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMMoultrie County0.1%Illinois1.5%
0.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMMoultrie County4.3%Illinois7.7%
4.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMMoultrie County6.8%Illinois6.3%
6.8%
Moultrie CountyIllinoisSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Moultrie County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Illinois. Early starts are more common than in Illinois: 24.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Illinois: 42.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.3%) 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 Moultrie 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 Moultrie 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 Moultrie 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
Moultrie County
Illinois
United States
2009
7:21 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:20 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:18 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:17 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:18 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:17 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:12 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:14 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:13 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:10 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:11 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:05 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:05 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:05 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:07 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:01 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Moultrie County were on the road by 7:01 AM, 19 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:21 AM). That goes against the trend across Illinois, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Moultrie County now leave 37 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 Moultrie County has moved 10 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Moultrie County in the whole series.
How does Moultrie County's commute time compare?
Metric
Moultrie County
Illinois
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.8 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
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
5.3%
15.9%
15.0%
Walked
5.5%
2.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.6%
5.8%
3.2%
The average commute time in Moultrie County is 17.8 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Illinois.
0.6% commute by public transit, lower than the 5.8% in Illinois. 5.5% commute by walking, higher than the 2.8% in Illinois.
Moultrie County, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Moultrie County, IL is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 14,423 residents against a local median of 20,718. Moultrie County, IL's work from home, at 5.3%, runs 26% below the 7.2% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 2.4% on work from home, so Moultrie County, IL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Moultrie County, IL has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Moultrie County, Illinois.
Is living in Moultrie County, Illinois good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 148 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,594 at a typical national wage. That's 25% less than the typical Illinois commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Moultrie County, Illinois?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Moultrie County, Illinois. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Moultrie County, Illinois?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.6% 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).