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Sangamon County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Sangamon 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 Sangamon County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Sangamon County spend about 35 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 146 hours, about 6.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 26% less time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 6.1 minutes.

Sangamon County holds about 1.5% of Illinois's population but accounts for roughly 1.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Sangamon County would save about 59 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,816 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)
Sangamon County 17.6 min 35.1 min 146 hrs/yr $4,539 1,305
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
  1. Edgar County (12.0 min)
  2. Brown County (12.7 min)
  3. Morgan County (13.1 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Illinois
  1. Calhoun County (43.8 min)
  2. Pulaski County (31.2 min)
  3. Pope County (31.0 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Sangamon County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 17.6 minutes to get to work in Sangamon County. That's 22% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 13.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Sangamon County

  • Car: 82.7%
  • Worked at Home: 13.7%
  • Walked: 1.4%
  • Public Transportation: 0.9% unusually low
  • Other: 0.7%
  • Bicycle: 0.4%
  • Taxi: 0.2%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1%

Public transit is unusually rare in Sangamon County: 6.6 times less than the Illinois average (0.9% vs 5.8%).

Commute Mode Trends in Sangamon County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Sangamon 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 Public Transportation Other Bicycle Taxi Motorcycle
2009 93.0% 2.8% 1.7% 1.4% 0.5% 0.4% 0.1% 0.1%
2010 92.9% 2.8% 1.6% 1.6% 0.4% 0.4% 0.1% 0.2%
2011 92.3% 2.9% 1.9% 1.7% 0.6% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1%
2012 92.2% 3.1% 1.9% 1.6% 0.6% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1%
2013 92.1% 3.2% 2.1% 1.4% 0.6% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
2014 91.0% 3.5% 2.4% 1.7% 0.7% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
2015 91.0% 3.6% 2.3% 1.6% 0.8% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
2016 91.2% 3.6% 2.1% 1.5% 0.8% 0.4% 0.2% 0.1%
2017 91.0% 3.9% 2.0% 1.6% 0.8% 0.4% 0.2% 0.1%
2018 91.1% 3.7% 2.0% 1.6% 0.9% 0.4% 0.2% 0.1%
2019 91.1% 4.2% 1.7% 1.4% 0.8% 0.5% 0.1% 0.1%
2020 89.3% 6.5% 1.4% 1.1% 0.9% 0.5% 0.2% 0.1%
2021 87.9% 8.0% 1.4% 1.0% 1.0% 0.5% 0.3% 0.1%
2022 86.1% 10.0% 1.2% 1.1% 0.9% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0%
2023 84.2% 12.0% 1.3% 1.1% 0.7% 0.4% 0.2% 0.0%
2024 82.7% 13.7% 1.4% 0.9% 0.7% 0.4% 0.2% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 93.0% in 2009 to 82.7% in 2024, down 10.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Sangamon County: its share of workers rose from 2.8% in 2009 to 13.7% in 2024, up 10.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Commute Start Times in Sangamon County

  • Rush-Hour RegularsThe 3rd-highest share of rush-hour departures among Illinois's 102 counties: 59.9% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Sangamon County?

The bars show when commuters in Sangamon 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
3.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
2.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
3.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
7.6%
6:30-6:59 AM
9.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
17.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
18.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
14.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
5.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
4.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
5.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Sangamon County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 18.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.6% across Illinois. Early starts are less common than in Illinois: 8.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Illinois: 59.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.0%) 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 Sangamon 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 Sangamon 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 Sangamon 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 Sangamon County Illinois United States
2009 7:43 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:43 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:42 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:41 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:41 AM 7:36 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:41 AM 7:36 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:41 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:41 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:42 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:41 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:41 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:40 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:41 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:41 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:40 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:41 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Sangamon County were on the road by 7:41 AM, 1 minute earlier than in 2009 (7:43 AM). That goes against the trend across Illinois, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Sangamon County now leave 3 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Sangamon County's commute time compare?

Metric Sangamon County Illinois US Average
Avg. Commute Time 17.6 min 23.6 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:30 AM – 07:59 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 13.7% 15.9% 15.0%
Walked 1.4% 2.8% 2.4%
Public Transit 0.9% 5.8% 3.2%

The average commute time in Sangamon County is 17.6 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Illinois.

0.9% commute by public transit, lower than the 5.8% in Illinois. 1.4% commute by walking, lower than the 2.8% in Illinois.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Sangamon County, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Sangamon County, IL is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 194,875 residents against a local median of 27,712. The measure that sets Sangamon County, IL apart most is work from home: 13.7%, 57% above the local median of 8.7%.

The counties themselves spread 3.9% on work from home, so Sangamon County, IL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Sangamon County, IL has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Sangamon County, IL 194,875 17.6 min #3/6 13.7% #1/6 7:41 AM #6/6
Menard County, IL 12,095 27.3 min 11.0% 7:22 AM
Christian County, IL 33,536 18.3 min 7.1% 7:26 AM
Logan County, IL 27,712 16.2 min 8.7% 7:30 AM
Morgan County, IL 33,021 13.1 min 8.9% 7:39 AM
Mason County, IL 12,741 28.5 min 8.2% 7:11 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Sangamon County, Illinois.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 146 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,539 at a typical national wage. That's 26% less than the typical Illinois commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Sangamon County, Illinois?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Sangamon County, 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.

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

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.9% of commuters use it versus 5.8% in Illinois, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).