Villa Park Commute Time Map & Patterns
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Commute Time Burden in Villa Park: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Villa Park spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 196 hours, about 8.2 full days, spent commuting. That is about the same time on the road as the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way.
Villa Park 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 Villa Park would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,433 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villa Park | 23.5 min | 47.1 min | 196 hrs/yr | $6,083 | 4,497 |
| 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.
Villa Park Commute Map
On average, it takes 23.5 minutes to get to work in Villa Park. That's 5% longer 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 21.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Villa Park
- Car: 73.5%
- Worked at Home: 21.0%
- Public Transportation: 3.1%
- Walked: 1.1%
- Other: 0.6%
- Bicycle: 0.6%
- Taxi: 0.2%
- Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Villa Park, versus 0.1% in Illinois.
Commute Mode Trends in Villa Park, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Villa Park 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.
Show commute mode data by year
| Year | Car | Worked at Home | Public Transportation | Walked | Bicycle | Other | Taxi | Motorcycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 88.7% | 3.1% | 3.9% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| 2010 | 87.5% | 3.0% | 4.7% | 1.9% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| 2011 | 89.5% | 2.7% | 3.9% | 1.6% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| 2012 | 89.9% | 3.0% | 3.6% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.2% |
| 2013 | 89.7% | 2.8% | 4.5% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| 2014 | 88.7% | 3.9% | 4.5% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.2% |
| 2015 | 88.7% | 3.6% | 4.7% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| 2016 | 87.6% | 4.5% | 4.7% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| 2017 | 86.8% | 5.2% | 4.8% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.6% |
| 2018 | 87.5% | 5.5% | 4.0% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| 2019 | 86.7% | 6.1% | 4.1% | 1.7% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| 2020 | 84.3% | 8.7% | 3.8% | 1.9% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.4% |
| 2021 | 80.9% | 12.7% | 3.5% | 1.9% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.4% |
| 2022 | 77.7% | 16.1% | 3.8% | 1.3% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| 2023 | 74.6% | 18.9% | 3.7% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| 2024 | 73.5% | 21.0% | 3.1% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2012 at 89.9%. Overall it fell from 88.7% in 2009 to 73.5% in 2024, down 15.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Villa Park: its share of workers rose from 3.1% in 2009 to 21.0% in 2024, up 17.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 14.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.9% to 3.1% of workers (down 0.8 percentage points).
Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2017 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Villa Park
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Villa Park?
The bars show when commuters in Villa Park 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 AM
Villa Park6.8%
Illinois5.6%
|
6.8% |
|---|---|---|
| 5:00-5:29 AM |
5:00-5:29 AM
Villa Park4.8%
Illinois4.3%
|
4.8% |
| 5:30-5:59 AM |
5:30-5:59 AM
Villa Park4.5%
Illinois4.9%
|
4.5% |
| 6:00-6:29 AM |
6:00-6:29 AM
Villa Park10.4%
Illinois9.0%
|
10.4% |
| 6:30-6:59 AM |
6:30-6:59 AM
Villa Park10.6%
Illinois9.4%
|
10.6% |
| 7:00-7:29 AM |
7:00-7:29 AM
Villa Park13.1%
Illinois14.3%
|
13.1% |
| 7:30-7:59 AM |
7:30-7:59 AM
Villa Park12.3%
Illinois11.6%
|
12.3% |
| 8:00-8:29 AM |
8:00-8:29 AM
Villa Park9.5%
Illinois11.2%
|
9.5% |
| 8:30-8:59 AM |
8:30-8:59 AM
Villa Park4.4%
Illinois5.2%
|
4.4% |
| 9:00-9:59 AM |
9:00-9:59 AM
Villa Park6.0%
Illinois6.1%
|
6.0% |
| 10:00-10:59 AM |
10:00-10:59 AM
Villa Park1.5%
Illinois2.9%
|
1.5% |
| 11:00-11:59 AM |
11:00-11:59 AM
Villa Park1.5%
Illinois1.5%
|
1.5% |
| 12:00-3:59 PM |
12:00-3:59 PM
Villa Park7.5%
Illinois7.7%
|
7.5% |
| 4:00-11:59 PM |
4:00-11:59 PM
Villa Park7.0%
Illinois6.3%
|
7.0% |
Villa Park Illinois Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Villa Park is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Illinois. Early starts are more common than in Illinois: 16.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush looks much like Illinois's: 45.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.6%) 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 Villa Park, 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 Villa Park 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 Villa Park 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.
Show typical departure times by year
| Year | Villa Park | Illinois | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7:44 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2010 | 7:41 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2011 | 7:40 AM | 7:36 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2012 | 7:43 AM | 7:36 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2013 | 7:41 AM | 7:36 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2014 | 7:36 AM | 7:36 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2015 | 7:38 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2016 | 7:38 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2017 | 7:35 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2018 | 7:35 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2019 | 7:36 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2020 | 7:42 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2021 | 7:39 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2022 | 7:34 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2023 | 7:33 AM | 7:36 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2024 | 7:30 AM | 7:36 AM | 7:38 AM |
In 2024, half of commuters in Villa Park were on the road by 7:30 AM, 15 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:44 AM). That goes against the trend across Illinois, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Villa Park now leave 8 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 Villa Park has moved 6 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Villa Park in the whole series.
How does Villa Park's commute time compare?
| Metric | Villa Park | Illinois | US Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. Commute Time | 23.5 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 | 21.0% | 15.9% | 15.0% |
| Walked | 1.1% | 2.8% | 2.4% |
| Public Transit | 3.1% | 5.8% | 3.2% |
The average commute time in Villa Park is about the same as in Illinois.
3.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 5.8% in Illinois. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 2.8% in Illinois.
Villa Park, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities
Villa Park, IL is the smallest of the 4 cities compared here, 21,774 residents against a local median of 44,068. There is no headline here. Every measure below sits within 15% of the median across the nearest cities, which makes Villa Park, IL an unremarkable member of its own neighbourhood rather than an outlier in it.
The largest of those small differences is work from home, 5% above the local median at 21.0% against 20.0%. Villa Park, IL has the 2nd highest work from home of the 4 areas compared here.
| Area | Population | One-way commute | Work from home | Typical departure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villa Park, IL | 21,774 | 23.5 min #3/4 | 21.0% #2/4 | 7:29 AM #1/4 |
| Elmhurst, IL | 44,072 | 25.8 min | 26.0% | 7:50 AM |
| Lombard, IL | 44,068 | 22.6 min | 20.0% | 7:45 AM |
| Addison, IL | 33,056 | 22.4 min | 13.0% | 7:30 AM |
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about commuting in Villa Park, Illinois.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Villa Park, Illinois?
Commuters here spend an estimated 196 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,083 at a typical national wage.
When is rush hour worst in Villa Park, Illinois?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Villa Park, 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 much money can remote workers save in Villa Park, Illinois?
About 21.0% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Villa Park would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,433 at the same national wage assumption used above.