Mount Prospect Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Mount Prospect: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Mount Prospect spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 195 hours, about 8.1 full days, spent commuting.

That is 2% less time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.8 minutes each way, a difference of 0.4 minutes.

Mount Prospect holds about 0.4% of Illinois's population and accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Mount Prospect would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,417 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)
Mount Prospect 23.4 min 46.8 min 195 hrs/yr $6,041 2,837
Illinois 23.8 min 47.6 min 198 hrs/yr $6,148 1,547
United States 22.5 min 44.9 min 187 hrs/yr $5,803 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.

Mount Prospect Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.4 minutes to get to work in Mount Prospect. That's 4% longer than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM , followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 15.6% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

  • Car: 78.3%
  • Worked at Home: 15.6%
  • Public Transportation: 3.8%
  • Other: 1.0%
  • Walked: 0.9% unusually low
  • Bicycle: 0.2% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: 0.1%
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Walked commuting is unusually low in Mount Prospect: 3.1 times less than the Illinois average (0.9% vs 2.7%).

Taxi commuting is unusually low in Mount Prospect: 3.8 times less than the Illinois average (0.1% vs 0.3%).

Bicycle commuting is unusually low in Mount Prospect: 3.4 times less than the Illinois average (0.2% vs 0.5%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Mount Prospect: just 1.0%, 3.1 times below the Illinois average of 3.3%.

How does Mount Prospect's commute time compare?

Metric Mount Prospect Illinois US Average
Avg. Commute Time 23.4 min 23.8 min 22.5 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 15.6% 14.0% 13.4%
Walked 0.9% 2.7% 2.4%
Public Transit 3.8% 6.4% 3.5%

The average commute time in Mount Prospect is 23.4 minutes, shorter than the 23.8 minutes in Illinois.

3.8% commute by public transit, lower than the 6.4% in Illinois. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 2.7% in Illinois.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Mount Prospect, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Mount Prospect, IL is typical in size for this group, 51,830 residents against a local median of 48,183, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. The measure that sets Mount Prospect, IL apart most is work from home: 15.6%, 35% above the local median of 11.6%.

The cities themselves spread 10.5% on work from home, so Mount Prospect, IL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Mount Prospect, IL has the 2nd highest work from home of the 5 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home
Mount Prospect, IL 51,830 23.4 min #3/5 15.6% #2/5
Des Plaines, IL 60,755 26.0 min 11.4%
Arlington Heights, IL 74,627 25.4 min 21.9%
Wheeling, IL 35,611 23.1 min 11.4%
Elk Grove Village, IL 27,085 23.0 min 11.7%

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Mount Prospect, Illinois.

Is living in Mount Prospect, Illinois good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 195 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,041 at a typical national wage. That's 2% less than the typical Illinois commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Mount Prospect, Illinois?

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