Romeoville Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Romeoville, Illinois: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

Updated 22 September 2026

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Commute Time Burden in Romeoville: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Romeoville spend about 61 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 255 hours, about 10.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 29% more time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 7.0 minutes.

Romeoville holds about 0.3% of Illinois's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Romeoville would save about 102 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,161 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)
Romeoville	30.6 min	61.2 min	255 hrs/yr	$7,903	4,142
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.

Romeoville Commute Map

On average, it takes 30.6 minutes to get to work in Romeoville. That's 36% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Romeoville

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Romeoville: 4.9 times less than the Illinois average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Walking is unusually rare in Romeoville: 3.5 times less than the Illinois average (0.8% vs 2.8%).

Biking is unusually rare in Romeoville: 6.2 times less than the Illinois average (0.1% vs 0.5%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Romeoville: just 0.9%, 3.7 times below the Illinois average of 3.3%.

Commute Mode Trends in Romeoville, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Romeoville 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	Public Transportation	Walked	Other	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	91.2%	3.1%	2.0%	2.4%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	90.5%	3.0%	2.9%	2.2%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	92.5%	2.7%	2.2%	2.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	91.2%	3.4%	3.1%	1.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	92.0%	2.6%	3.2%	1.4%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	92.7%	2.0%	3.2%	1.1%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2015	92.9%	2.2%	2.6%	1.2%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	91.9%	2.7%	2.5%	1.4%	1.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	91.1%	3.7%	2.3%	1.5%	1.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	91.4%	3.3%	1.7%	1.6%	1.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	91.4%	3.5%	2.0%	1.8%	1.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	89.3%	4.8%	2.5%	2.1%	1.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	88.1%	7.2%	2.4%	1.3%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	87.7%	8.1%	2.0%	1.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	85.5%	11.0%	2.0%	0.9%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	84.6%	11.7%	2.1%	0.8%	0.4%	0.2%	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 2015 at 92.9%. Overall it fell from 91.2% in 2009 to 84.6% in 2024, down 6.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Romeoville: its share of workers rose from 3.1% in 2009 to 11.7% in 2024, up 8.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.4% to 0.8% of workers (down 1.6 percentage points).

Public transit overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2010 release and has stayed ahead since.

Public transit peaked at 3.2% in 2013 and has since fallen back to 2.1%.

Commute Start Times in Romeoville

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Romeoville?

The bars show when commuters in Romeoville 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		7.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		6.8%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.5%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.4%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		8.4%
8:00-8:29 AM		8.3%
8:30-8:59 AM		2.8%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.1%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM		10.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		10.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Romeoville is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Illinois. Early starts are more common than in Illinois: 20.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Illinois: 41.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.7%) 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 Romeoville, 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 Romeoville 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 Romeoville 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	Romeoville	Illinois	United States
2009	7:18 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:14 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:14 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:13 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:17 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:18 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:17 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:18 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:19 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:20 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:19 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:23 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:19 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:22 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:23 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:24 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Romeoville were on the road by 7:24 AM, 6 minutes later than in 2009 (7:18 AM). The shift is sharper than across Illinois, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Romeoville now leave 14 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 Romeoville has moved 5 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Romeoville in the whole series.

How does Romeoville's commute time compare?

Metric	Romeoville	Illinois	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	30.6 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	04:00 PM – 11:59 PM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	11.7%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	2.1%	5.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Romeoville is 30.6 minutes, longer than the 23.6 minutes in Illinois.

2.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 5.8% in Illinois. 0.8% commute by walking, lower than the 2.8% in Illinois.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Romeoville, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Romeoville, IL compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Romeoville, IL	36,499	30.6 min #2/2	11.7% #2/2	7:24 AM #1/2
Bolingbrook, IL	74,594	26.6 min	17.3%	7:36 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Romeoville, Illinois.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Romeoville, Illinois?

Commuters here spend an estimated 255 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,903 at a typical national wage. That's 29% more than the typical Illinois commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Romeoville, Illinois?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Romeoville, Illinois. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM also sees a secondary bump.