Commuting in Woodridge, 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 Woodridge: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Woodridge spend about 52 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 217 hours, about 9.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 10% more time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 2.4 minutes.
Woodridge 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 Woodridge would save about 87 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,693 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)
Woodridge
26.1 min
52.1 min
217 hrs/yr
$6,732
4,210
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.
Woodridge Commute Map
On average, it takes
26.1
minutes to get to work in
Woodridge.
That's 16% 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 21.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Woodridge
Car:
72.7%
Worked at Home:
21.0%
Public Transportation:
3.3%
Walked:
1.7%
Other:
1.0%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Woodridge, versus 0.1% in Illinois.
Commute Mode Trends in Woodridge, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Woodridge 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
Bicycle
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
88.5%
4.4%
4.6%
0.9%
1.2%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2010
88.9%
3.9%
4.5%
0.9%
1.7%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
2011
88.3%
3.6%
4.5%
2.3%
1.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
2012
87.0%
3.8%
5.3%
2.1%
1.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
2013
87.9%
3.8%
5.1%
2.0%
1.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2014
88.6%
3.6%
4.8%
1.9%
1.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2015
88.5%
4.0%
4.9%
1.5%
0.7%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
2016
88.9%
4.0%
5.3%
0.6%
0.8%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
2017
88.5%
4.8%
4.9%
0.5%
0.6%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
2018
87.8%
5.4%
5.1%
0.5%
0.3%
0.5%
0.4%
0.0%
2019
87.1%
5.7%
5.7%
0.4%
0.4%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
2020
83.7%
8.8%
6.1%
0.4%
0.3%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
2021
80.6%
12.4%
5.4%
0.5%
0.4%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
2022
78.7%
14.9%
4.6%
0.5%
0.5%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
2023
76.6%
18.1%
3.6%
0.6%
0.9%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
72.7%
21.0%
3.3%
1.7%
1.0%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2010 at 88.9%. Overall it fell from 88.5% in 2009 to 72.7% in 2024, down 15.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Woodridge: its share of workers rose from 4.4% in 2009 to 21.0% in 2024, up 16.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 15.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 4.6% to 3.3% of workers (down 1.3 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 Woodridge
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Woodridge?
The bars show when commuters in Woodridge 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 AMWoodridge3.5%Illinois5.6%
3.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMWoodridge2.7%Illinois4.3%
2.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMWoodridge6.3%Illinois4.9%
6.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMWoodridge9.8%Illinois9.0%
9.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMWoodridge8.5%Illinois9.4%
8.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMWoodridge14.1%Illinois14.3%
14.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMWoodridge10.3%Illinois11.6%
10.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMWoodridge13.0%Illinois11.2%
13.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMWoodridge7.3%Illinois5.2%
7.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMWoodridge6.8%Illinois6.1%
6.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMWoodridge4.2%Illinois2.9%
4.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMWoodridge1.5%Illinois1.5%
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMWoodridge7.7%Illinois7.7%
7.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMWoodridge4.5%Illinois6.3%
4.5%
WoodridgeIllinoisSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Woodridge is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Illinois. Early starts are less common than in Illinois: 12.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush looks much like Illinois's: 45.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.7%) 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 Woodridge, 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 Woodridge 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 Woodridge 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
Woodridge
Illinois
United States
2009
7:32 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:31 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:36 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:36 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:38 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:39 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:38 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:34 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:35 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:32 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:33 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
7:39 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:41 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:45 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Woodridge were on the road by 7:45 AM, 14 minutes later than in 2009 (7:32 AM). The shift is sharper than across Illinois, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Woodridge now leave 8 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Woodridge has moved 12 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Woodridge in the whole series.
How does Woodridge's commute time compare?
Metric
Woodridge
Illinois
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
26.1 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
21.0%
15.9%
15.0%
Walked
1.7%
2.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
3.3%
5.8%
3.2%
The average commute time in Woodridge is 26.1 minutes, longer than the 23.6 minutes in Illinois.
3.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 5.8% in Illinois. 1.7% commute by walking, lower than the 2.8% in Illinois.
Woodridge, IL is the 3rd largest of the 6 cities compared here, 32,108 residents against a local median of 23,509. There is no headline here. Every measure below sits within 15% of the median across the nearest cities, which makes Woodridge, IL an unremarkable member of its own neighbourhood rather than an outlier in it.
The largest of those small differences is work from home, 7% below the local median at 21.0% against 22.6%. Woodridge, IL has the 4th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Woodridge, Illinois.
Is commuting expensive in Woodridge, Illinois?
Commuters here spend an estimated 217 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,732 at a typical national wage. That's 10% more than the typical Illinois commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Woodridge, Illinois?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Woodridge, 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 Woodridge, Illinois?
About 21.0% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Woodridge would save about 87 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,693 at the same national wage assumption used above.