Niles Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Niles: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Niles spend about 53 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 219 hours, about 9.1 full days, spent commuting.

That is 11% more time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.8 minutes each way, a difference of 2.5 minutes.

Niles 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 Niles would save about 88 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,718 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)
Niles 26.3 min 52.6 min 219 hrs/yr $6,794 3,475
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.

Niles Commute Map

On average, it takes 26.3 minutes to get to work in Niles. That's 17% longer than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

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

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 10.8% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

  • Car: 80.6%
  • Worked at Home: 10.8%
  • Public Transportation: 5.8%
  • Bicycle: 1.5%
  • Other: 0.7%
  • Walked: 0.5% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Motorcycle commuting is essentially absent in Niles, versus 0.1% in Illinois.

Walked commuting is unusually low in Niles: 5.4 times less than the Illinois average (0.5% vs 2.7%).

Taxi commuting is unusually low in Niles: 3.6 times less than the Illinois average (0.1% vs 0.3%).

How does Niles's commute time compare?

Metric Niles Illinois US Average
Avg. Commute Time 26.3 min 23.8 min 22.5 min
Departure Window 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 10.8% 14.0% 13.4%
Walked 0.5% 2.7% 2.4%
Public Transit 5.8% 6.4% 3.5%

The average commute time in Niles is 26.3 minutes, longer than the 23.8 minutes in Illinois.

5.8% commute by public transit, lower than the 6.4% in Illinois. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.7% in Illinois.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Niles, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Niles, IL is the 3rd largest of the 4 cities compared here, 26,538 residents against a local median of 35,960. The measure that sets Niles, IL apart most is work from home: 10.8%, 46% below the local median of 20.0%.

The cities themselves spread 6.8% on work from home, so Niles, IL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Niles, IL has the 4th highest work from home of the 4 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home
Niles, IL 26,538 26.3 min #3/4 10.8% #4/4
Morton Grove, IL 23,502 26.2 min 14.8%
Park Ridge, IL 35,960 26.3 min 21.6%
Glenview, IL 46,451 25.9 min 20.0%

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Niles, Illinois.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 219 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,794 at a typical national wage. That's 11% more than the typical Illinois commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Niles, Illinois. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.