Commuting in Randolph 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 Randolph County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Randolph County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 152 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 23% less time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 5.4 minutes.
Randolph County 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 Randolph County would save about 61 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,888 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)
Randolph County
18.3 min
36.5 min
152 hrs/yr
$4,720
694
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
18.3
minutes to get to work in
Randolph County.
That's 18% 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 5.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Randolph County
Car:
90.8%unusually high
Worked at Home:
5.3%unusually low
Walked:
2.4%
Bicycle:
0.6%
Other:
0.5%
Taxi:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Driving is 23% more common in Randolph County than the Illinois average (90.8% vs 73.7%).
Public transit is unusually rare in Randolph County: 237.1 times less than the Illinois average (0.0% vs 5.8%).
Working from home is unusually rare in Randolph County: 3.0 times less than the Illinois average (5.3% vs 15.9%).
Commute Mode Trends in Randolph County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Randolph 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
Walked
Bicycle
Other
Taxi
Motorcycle
Public Transportation
2009
93.6%
2.4%
2.8%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
2010
93.7%
2.7%
2.5%
0.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2011
94.0%
2.9%
2.3%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2012
93.8%
3.2%
2.2%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2013
93.0%
3.4%
2.8%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2014
92.9%
3.1%
3.2%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2015
93.3%
2.7%
3.5%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2016
92.9%
2.8%
3.7%
0.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2017
92.3%
2.7%
3.8%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.5%
0.1%
2018
92.9%
2.3%
3.1%
0.4%
0.8%
0.0%
0.4%
0.1%
2019
93.0%
2.8%
2.6%
0.4%
0.7%
0.0%
0.4%
0.1%
2020
92.2%
2.7%
2.5%
0.4%
1.7%
0.0%
0.5%
0.1%
2021
91.8%
3.2%
2.3%
0.5%
1.9%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2022
92.6%
3.9%
2.1%
0.8%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
92.5%
4.8%
1.8%
0.5%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
90.8%
5.3%
2.4%
0.6%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2011 at 94.0%. Overall it fell from 93.6% in 2009 to 90.8% in 2024, down 2.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Randolph County: its share of workers rose from 2.4% in 2009 to 5.3% in 2024, up 2.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.5% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.
Walking peaked at 3.8% in 2017 and has since fallen back to 2.4%.
Commute Start Times in Randolph County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Randolph County?
The bars show when commuters in Randolph 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 AMRandolph County6.2%Illinois5.6%
6.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMRandolph County6.0%Illinois4.3%
6.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMRandolph County8.7%Illinois4.9%
8.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMRandolph County10.9%Illinois9.0%
10.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMRandolph County12.1%Illinois9.4%
12.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMRandolph County13.5%Illinois14.3%
13.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMRandolph County13.5%Illinois11.6%
13.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMRandolph County4.6%Illinois11.2%
4.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMRandolph County2.1%Illinois5.2%
2.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMRandolph County1.8%Illinois6.1%
1.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMRandolph County1.8%Illinois2.9%
1.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMRandolph County1.0%Illinois1.5%
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMRandolph County8.9%Illinois7.7%
8.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMRandolph County8.9%Illinois6.3%
8.9%
Randolph CountyIllinoisSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Randolph County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Illinois. Early starts are more common than in Illinois: 21.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Illinois: 43.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.4%) 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 Randolph 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 Randolph 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 Randolph 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
Randolph County
Illinois
United States
2009
7:20 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:15 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:18 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:16 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:16 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:16 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:20 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:17 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:16 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:17 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:16 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:15 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:19 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:17 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:16 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:14 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Randolph County were on the road by 7:14 AM, 6 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:20 AM). That goes against the trend across Illinois, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Randolph County now leave 24 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 Randolph County has moved 2 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Randolph County in the whole series.
How does Randolph County's commute time compare?
Metric
Randolph County
Illinois
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.3 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
5.3%
15.9%
15.0%
Walked
2.4%
2.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
5.8%
3.2%
The average commute time in Randolph County is 18.3 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Illinois.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 5.8% in Illinois. 2.4% commute by walking, lower than the 2.8% in Illinois.
Randolph County, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Randolph County, IL is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 30,051 residents against a local median of 20,638. Where Randolph County, IL breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 19% below the local median of 6.5% at 5.3%.
The counties themselves spread 7.9% on work from home, so Randolph County, IL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Randolph County, IL has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Randolph County, Illinois.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Randolph County, Illinois?
Commuters here spend an estimated 152 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,720 at a typical national wage. That's 23% less than the typical Illinois commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Randolph County, Illinois?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Randolph 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.
How common is public transit use in Randolph County, Illinois?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% 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).