Pulaski County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Pulaski County spend about 62 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 260 hours, about 10.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 32% more time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 7.6 minutes.

Pulaski County holds about 0.0% of Illinois's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Pulaski County would save about 104 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,224 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)
Pulaski County	31.2 min	62.4 min	260 hrs/yr	$8,059	363
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

Edgar County (12.0 min)
Brown County (12.7 min)
Morgan County (13.1 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Illinois

Calhoun County (43.8 min)
Pulaski County (31.2 min)
Pope County (31.0 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Pulaski County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 31.2 minutes to get to work in Pulaski County. That's 39% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 3 slowest counties in Illinois

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 9.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Pulaski County

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Pulaski County, versus 0.1% in Illinois.

Walking is unusually rare in Pulaski County: 6.1 times less than the Illinois average (0.5% vs 2.8%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Pulaski County: 7.0 times less than the Illinois average (0.8% vs 5.8%).

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

Biking is essentially absent in Pulaski County, versus 0.5% in Illinois.

Few people walk or bike to work in Pulaski County: just 0.5%, 7.3 times below the Illinois average of 3.3%.

Commute Mode Trends in Pulaski County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Pulaski 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	Other	Public Transportation	Walked	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	89.9%	2.3%	1.3%	2.4%	4.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2010	91.6%	2.5%	0.7%	1.3%	3.8%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2011	91.9%	3.3%	0.0%	1.3%	3.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	93.2%	3.0%	0.0%	1.6%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	91.4%	3.0%	0.3%	1.1%	3.1%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%
2014	91.7%	3.1%	0.3%	0.6%	2.9%	0.0%	1.4%	0.0%
2015	90.3%	4.2%	0.4%	0.5%	3.1%	0.0%	1.5%	0.0%
2016	89.6%	5.1%	0.3%	0.6%	3.0%	0.0%	1.4%	0.0%
2017	89.4%	5.6%	0.6%	0.4%	2.4%	0.0%	1.5%	0.0%
2018	90.7%	5.6%	0.7%	0.3%	2.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	91.4%	5.0%	0.5%	0.5%	2.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	91.5%	5.9%	0.9%	0.6%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	90.8%	6.5%	0.5%	1.5%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	90.7%	7.0%	1.2%	0.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	90.7%	6.5%	1.3%	0.3%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	88.3%	9.3%	1.1%	0.8%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2012 at 93.2%. Overall it fell from 89.9% in 2009 to 88.3% in 2024, down 1.6 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Pulaski County: its share of workers rose from 2.3% in 2009 to 9.3% in 2024, up 7.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.1% to 0.5% of workers (down 3.6 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2010 release and has stayed ahead since.

Riding a motorcycle peaked at 1.5% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.

Commute Start Times in Pulaski County

Hitting SnoozeThe biggest shift to later mornings among Illinois's 102 counties: the typical start is 56 minutes later than in 2009.
Night OwlThe 2nd-latest start among Illinois's 102 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 8:04 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Pulaski County?

The bars show when commuters in Pulaski 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		4.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.6%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		5.2%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.2%
7:30-7:59 AM		12.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		24.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.6%
9:00-9:59 AM		1.0%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.8%
4:00-11:59 PM		11.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Pulaski County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 24.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.2% across Illinois. Early starts are less common than in Illinois: 10.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Illinois: 54.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.8%) 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 Pulaski 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 Pulaski 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 Pulaski 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	Pulaski County	Illinois	United States
2009	7:08 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:14 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:05 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:04 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:10 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:18 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:23 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:29 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:28 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:34 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:33 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:42 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:48 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:00 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:01 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:04 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Pulaski County were on the road by 8:04 AM, 56 minutes later than in 2009 (7:08 AM). The shift is sharper than across Illinois, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Pulaski County now leave 26 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 Pulaski County has moved 31 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Pulaski County in the whole series.

How does Pulaski County's commute time compare?

Metric	Pulaski County	Illinois	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	31.2 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	9.3%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.8%	5.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Pulaski County is 31.2 minutes, longer than the 23.6 minutes in Illinois.

0.8% commute by public transit, lower than the 5.8% in Illinois. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.8% in Illinois.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Pulaski County, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Pulaski County, IL is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 5,015 residents against a local median of 7,652. Where Pulaski County, IL breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 100% above the local median of 4.7% at 9.3%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 31.2 min against a local median of 25.8 min, 21% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 21% above the local median it puts Pulaski County, IL at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 3.7% on work from home, so Pulaski County, IL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Pulaski County, IL has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Pulaski County, IL	5,015	31.2 min #6/6	9.3% #1/6	8:04 AM #6/6
Ballard County, KY	7,652	22.4 min	2.6%	7:17 AM
Alexander County, IL	4,873	26.0 min	4.7%	7:44 AM
Union County, IL	16,997	18.9 min	6.2%	7:52 AM
Johnson County, IL	13,376	30.0 min	4.8%	7:46 AM
Carlisle County, KY	4,760	25.8 min	4.3%	7:03 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Pulaski County, Illinois.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 260 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,059 at a typical national wage. That's 32% more than the typical Illinois commuter spends.

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

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

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Pulaski County, Illinois?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.8% 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).