South Holland Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in South Holland, 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 South Holland: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in South Holland spend about 64 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 265 hours, about 11.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 35% more time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 8.2 minutes.

South Holland 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 South Holland would save about 106 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,288 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)
South Holland	31.8 min	63.6 min	265 hrs/yr	$8,220	3,207
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.

South Holland Commute Map

On average, it takes 31.8 minutes to get to work in South Holland. That's 42% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in South Holland

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in South Holland, versus 0.1% in Illinois.

Biking is unusually rare in South Holland: 26.5 times less than the Illinois average (0.0% vs 0.5%).

Commute Mode Trends in South Holland, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in South Holland 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	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	84.1%	2.0%	12.3%	1.2%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	85.1%	2.3%	10.6%	1.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	85.9%	2.8%	9.2%	1.6%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	87.7%	2.6%	7.5%	1.3%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	87.7%	2.2%	7.8%	1.2%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	85.9%	3.0%	8.6%	1.0%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	85.2%	2.8%	9.6%	0.4%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	83.4%	3.7%	10.6%	0.5%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	81.2%	3.6%	12.5%	0.9%	1.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2018	80.0%	4.0%	13.2%	1.0%	1.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2019	79.8%	3.6%	13.7%	0.9%	1.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%
2020	76.5%	7.1%	12.1%	1.9%	1.1%	0.9%	0.2%	0.3%
2021	76.3%	9.1%	9.8%	2.4%	0.9%	1.0%	0.2%	0.3%
2022	76.8%	10.1%	7.4%	2.3%	1.9%	1.2%	0.0%	0.3%
2023	78.4%	10.1%	6.8%	1.8%	1.5%	1.1%	0.0%	0.3%
2024	80.5%	11.4%	4.4%	1.9%	1.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2012 at 87.7% and lowest in 2021 at 76.3%. Overall it fell from 84.1% in 2009 to 80.5% in 2024, down 3.6 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in South Holland: its share of workers rose from 2.0% in 2009 to 11.4% in 2024, up 9.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 12.3% to 4.4% of workers (down 7.9 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in South Holland

What Time Do People Leave for Work in South Holland?

The bars show when commuters in South Holland 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		6.6%
5:00-5:29 AM		6.9%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.1%
6:00-6:29 AM		11.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.5%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		10.3%
8:00-8:29 AM		6.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.1%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.7%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		9.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in South Holland is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Illinois. Early starts are more common than in Illinois: 19.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Illinois: 39.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.0%) 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 South Holland, 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 South Holland 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 South Holland 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	South Holland	Illinois	United States
2009	7:30 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:23 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:26 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:29 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:40 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:34 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:32 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:38 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:37 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:34 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:36 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:36 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:29 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:27 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:20 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:21 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in South Holland were on the road by 7:21 AM, 9 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:30 AM). That goes against the trend across Illinois, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in South Holland now leave 17 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 South Holland has moved 15 minutes earlier.

How does South Holland's commute time compare?

Metric	South Holland	Illinois	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	31.8 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	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	11.4%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	4.4%	5.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in South Holland is 31.8 minutes, longer than the 23.6 minutes in Illinois.

4.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 5.8% in Illinois. 1.9% commute by walking, lower than the 2.8% in Illinois.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

South Holland, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
South Holland, IL	22,419	31.8 min #2/2	11.4% #2/2	7:21 AM #1/2
Dolton, IL	20,134	30.5 min	11.8%	7:36 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in South Holland, Illinois.

What is the financial impact of commuting in South Holland, Illinois?

Commuters here spend an estimated 265 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,220 at a typical national wage. That's 35% more than the typical Illinois commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in South Holland, Illinois?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in South Holland, Illinois. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.