Westmont Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Westmont, 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 Westmont: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Westmont spend about 51 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 210 hours, about 8.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 7% more time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 1.6 minutes.

Westmont 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 Westmont would save about 84 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,609 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)
Westmont	25.3 min	50.5 min	210 hrs/yr	$6,524	3,611
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.

Westmont Commute Map

On average, it takes 25.3 minutes to get to work in Westmont. That's 13% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 24.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Westmont

Walking is unusually rare in Westmont: 3.1 times less than the Illinois average (0.9% vs 2.8%).

Biking is unusually rare in Westmont: 5.6 times less than the Illinois average (0.1% vs 0.5%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Westmont: just 1.0%, 3.3 times below the Illinois average of 3.3%.

Commute Mode Trends in Westmont, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Westmont 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	81.9%	3.9%	11.0%	1.8%	1.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%
2010	81.5%	4.1%	11.6%	1.4%	0.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2011	81.1%	5.8%	10.3%	1.6%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%	0.3%
2012	80.7%	6.5%	9.7%	1.5%	0.6%	0.3%	0.1%	0.5%
2013	81.7%	6.2%	9.3%	1.5%	0.2%	0.5%	0.1%	0.5%
2014	81.6%	6.2%	9.8%	1.4%	0.1%	0.4%	0.1%	0.4%
2015	81.5%	6.2%	9.7%	1.5%	0.4%	0.2%	0.1%	0.3%
2016	79.9%	6.0%	11.1%	1.6%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.4%
2017	80.1%	6.0%	11.1%	1.4%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.6%
2018	79.6%	6.0%	11.1%	2.1%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2019	78.9%	7.2%	9.6%	2.7%	0.8%	0.3%	0.0%	0.4%
2020	75.1%	13.5%	8.1%	2.2%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.5%
2021	73.0%	18.2%	5.7%	2.1%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.4%
2022	72.0%	19.7%	5.2%	2.2%	0.4%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2023	69.9%	23.1%	4.1%	1.7%	0.6%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2024	69.7%	24.7%	3.9%	0.9%	0.4%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 81.9% in 2009 to 69.7% in 2024, down 12.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Westmont: its share of workers rose from 3.9% in 2009 to 24.7% in 2024, up 20.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 17.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 11.0% to 3.9% of workers (down 7.1 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Westmont

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Westmont?

The bars show when commuters in Westmont 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		3.7%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.3%
7:00-7:29 AM		20.1%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.0%
8:00-8:29 AM		12.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.8%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.7%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.9%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.2%

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

The busiest time to head out in Westmont is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 20.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Illinois. Early starts are less common than in Illinois: 10.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Illinois: 53.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.2%) 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 Westmont, 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 Westmont 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 Westmont 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	Westmont	Illinois	United States
2009	7:38 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:37 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:41 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:44 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:46 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:46 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:50 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:49 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:46 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:49 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:43 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:38 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:40 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:38 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:34 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:37 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Westmont were on the road by 7:37 AM, 1 minute earlier than in 2009 (7:38 AM). That goes against the trend across Illinois, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Westmont now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Westmont has moved 6 minutes earlier.

How does Westmont's commute time compare?

Metric	Westmont	Illinois	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	25.3 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	24.7%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	3.9%	5.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Westmont is 25.3 minutes, longer than the 23.6 minutes in Illinois.

3.9% commute by public transit, lower than the 5.8% in Illinois. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 2.8% in Illinois.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Westmont, IL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Westmont, IL	23,509	25.3 min #2/2	24.7% #1/2	7:37 AM #1/2
Downers Grove, IL	51,779	24.0 min	23.4%	7:54 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Westmont, Illinois.

Is living in Westmont, Illinois good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 210 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,524 at a typical national wage. That's 7% more than the typical Illinois commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Westmont, Illinois?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Westmont, 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.

How much money can remote workers save in Westmont, Illinois?

About 24.7% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Westmont would save about 84 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,609 at the same national wage assumption used above.