Skokie Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Skokie: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Skokie spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 194 hours, about 8.1 full days, spent commuting.

That is 2% less time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.8 minutes each way, a difference of 0.5 minutes.

Skokie holds about 0.5% of Illinois's population and accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Skokie would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,411 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)
Skokie 23.3 min 46.7 min 194 hrs/yr $6,027 2,826
Illinois 23.8 min 47.6 min 198 hrs/yr $6,148 1,547
United States 22.5 min 44.9 min 187 hrs/yr $5,803 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.

Skokie Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.3 minutes to get to work in Skokie. That's 4% longer than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM , followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 16.7% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

  • Car: 72.7%
  • Worked at Home: 16.7%
  • Public Transportation: 5.4%
  • Walked: 2.1%
  • Other: 1.4%
  • Bicycle: 1.1%
  • Taxi: 0.6%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Motorcycle commuting is essentially absent in Skokie, versus 0.1% in Illinois.

How does Skokie's commute time compare?

Metric Skokie Illinois US Average
Avg. Commute Time 23.3 min 23.8 min 22.5 min
Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 16.7% 14.0% 13.4%
Walked 2.1% 2.7% 2.4%
Public Transit 5.4% 6.4% 3.5%

The average commute time in Skokie is 23.3 minutes, shorter than the 23.8 minutes in Illinois.

5.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 6.4% in Illinois. 2.1% commute by walking, lower than the 2.7% in Illinois.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Skokie, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Skokie, IL is the 2nd largest of the 4 cities compared here, 61,912 residents against a local median of 23,735. Where Skokie, IL breaks from the cities next to it is work from home, sitting 33% below the local median of 25.1% at 16.7%.

The cities themselves spread 16.2% on work from home, so Skokie, IL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Skokie, IL has the 3rd highest work from home of the 4 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home
Skokie, IL 61,912 23.3 min #1/4 16.7% #3/4
Wilmette, IL 23,735 31.9 min 31.1%
Evanston, IL 63,574 26.1 min 25.1%
Morton Grove, IL 23,502 26.2 min 14.8%

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Skokie, Illinois.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 194 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,027 at a typical national wage. That's 2% less than the typical Illinois commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Skokie, Illinois?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Skokie, Illinois. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.