O'Fallon Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in O'Fallon: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in O'Fallon spend about 41 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 172 hours, about 7.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 13% less time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 3.0 minutes.

O'Fallon 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 O'Fallon would save about 69 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,127 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)
O'Fallon	20.6 min	41.2 min	172 hrs/yr	$5,319	2,394
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.

O'Fallon Commute Map

On average, it takes 20.6 minutes to get to work in O'Fallon. That's 8% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 16.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in O'Fallon

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in O'Fallon, versus 0.1% in Illinois.

Public transit is unusually rare in O'Fallon: 35.1 times less than the Illinois average (0.2% vs 5.8%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in O'Fallon, versus 0.3% in Illinois.

Biking is unusually rare in O'Fallon: 117.2 times less than the Illinois average (0.0% vs 0.5%).

Commute Mode Trends in O'Fallon, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in O'Fallon 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	Public Transportation	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	93.9%	3.0%	1.0%	1.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
2010	93.9%	2.7%	1.3%	1.1%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
2011	93.8%	3.0%	1.3%	1.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
2012	93.4%	3.1%	0.9%	1.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%
2013	93.1%	2.8%	1.2%	1.6%	0.9%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2014	92.8%	3.1%	1.3%	1.8%	1.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2015	92.6%	3.7%	0.9%	2.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	92.7%	3.7%	0.7%	2.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2017	92.3%	3.7%	1.1%	2.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2018	92.3%	3.9%	1.5%	1.6%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2019	91.6%	4.2%	1.2%	1.2%	1.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.5%
2020	92.3%	4.4%	0.8%	1.1%	0.9%	0.0%	0.1%	0.5%
2021	89.7%	7.1%	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2022	86.2%	10.6%	1.5%	0.4%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2023	83.6%	13.3%	1.5%	0.3%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2024	80.0%	16.8%	2.8%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 93.9% in 2009 to 80.0% in 2024, down 13.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in O'Fallon: its share of workers rose from 3.0% in 2009 to 16.8% in 2024, up 13.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 12.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.4% to 0.2% of workers (down 1.2 percentage points).

Walking overtook public transit to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in O'Fallon

What Time Do People Leave for Work in O'Fallon?

The bars show when commuters in O'Fallon 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		3.2%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.1%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.4%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.8%
7:00-7:29 AM		16.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		15.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.7%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.0%

O'Fallon Illinois Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in O'Fallon is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Illinois. Early starts are less common than in Illinois: 9.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Illinois: 55.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.7%) 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 O'Fallon, 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 O'Fallon 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 O'Fallon 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	O'Fallon	Illinois	United States
2009	7:25 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:25 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:26 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:26 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:27 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:29 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:33 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:34 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:30 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:26 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:27 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:25 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:27 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:30 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:34 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:38 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in O'Fallon were on the road by 7:38 AM, 13 minutes later than in 2009 (7:25 AM). The shift is sharper than across Illinois, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in O'Fallon now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in O'Fallon has moved 11 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for O'Fallon in the whole series.

How does O'Fallon's commute time compare?

Metric	O'Fallon	Illinois	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	20.6 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	16.8%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	2.8%	2.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	5.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in O'Fallon is 20.6 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Illinois.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 5.8% in Illinois. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as Illinois.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in O'Fallon, Illinois.

Is commuting expensive in O'Fallon, Illinois?

Commuters here spend an estimated 172 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,319 at a typical national wage. That's 13% less than the typical Illinois commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in O'Fallon, Illinois?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in O'Fallon, 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 O'Fallon, Illinois?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% of commuters use it versus 5.8% in Illinois, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.