What does a typical morning commute look like in Wheeling?
Map AI9/10/26, 10:30 AM
Commute Time Burden in Wheeling: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Wheeling spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 192 hours, about 8.0 full days, spent commuting.
That is 3% less time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.8 minutes each way, a difference of 0.7 minutes.
Wheeling holds about 0.3% of Illinois's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Wheeling would save about 77 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,383 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)
Wheeling
23.1 min
46.1 min
192 hrs/yr
$5,957
3,093
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.
Wheeling Commute Map
On average, it takes
23.1
minutes to get to work in
Wheeling.
That's 3% longer than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
,
followed by
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
.
Most people travel to work by
Car
, followed by
Worked at Home
.
About 11.4%
work from home.
Commute mode distribution
Car:
83.4%
Worked at Home:
11.4%
Public Transportation:
3.4%
Walked:
0.9%unusually low
Other:
0.5%
Taxi:
0.3%
Bicycle:
0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle commuting is unusually low in Wheeling: 330.7 times less than the Illinois average (0.0% vs 0.1%).
Walked commuting is unusually low in Wheeling: 3.0 times less than the Illinois average (0.9% vs 2.7%).
Bicycle commuting is unusually low in Wheeling: 5.1 times less than the Illinois average (0.1% vs 0.5%).
Few people walk or bike to work in Wheeling: just 1.0%, 3.3 times below the Illinois average of 3.3%.
How does Wheeling's commute time compare?
Metric
Wheeling
Illinois
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
23.1 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
11.4%
14.0%
13.4%
Walked
0.9%
2.7%
2.4%
Public Transit
3.4%
6.4%
3.5%
The average commute time in Wheeling is 23.1 minutes, shorter than the 23.8 minutes in Illinois.
3.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 6.4% in Illinois. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 2.7% in Illinois.
Common questions about commuting in Wheeling, Illinois.
Is living in Wheeling, Illinois good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 192 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,957 at a typical national wage. That's 3% less than the typical Illinois commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Wheeling, Illinois?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Wheeling, 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.