Ilchester Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Ilchester, Maryland: 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 Ilchester: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Ilchester spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 193 hours, about 8.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 18% less time on the road than the Maryland average of 28.3 minutes each way, a difference of 5.1 minutes.

Ilchester holds about 0.5% of Maryland's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Ilchester would save about 77 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,389 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)
Ilchester	23.1 min	46.2 min	193 hrs/yr	$5,972	4,716
Maryland	28.3 min	56.5 min	236 hrs/yr	$7,301	2,353
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.

Ilchester Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.1 minutes to get to work in Ilchester. That's 3% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 27.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Ilchester

Biking is unusually rare in Ilchester: 65669.4 times less than the Maryland average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Ilchester, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Ilchester 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	92.4%	3.3%	3.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	91.9%	3.2%	3.8%	0.5%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	90.8%	4.0%	4.5%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	90.6%	4.4%	3.9%	0.2%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	91.3%	4.4%	3.3%	0.1%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	90.3%	5.0%	3.2%	0.2%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2015	90.3%	4.5%	3.3%	0.1%	1.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2016	90.8%	4.6%	2.7%	0.2%	1.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%
2017	90.8%	4.9%	2.7%	0.1%	1.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%
2018	90.3%	4.9%	3.1%	0.4%	0.8%	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%
2019	91.5%	3.9%	3.1%	0.5%	0.5%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
2020	86.2%	8.4%	3.0%	1.0%	0.7%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2021	80.9%	13.4%	2.8%	1.1%	0.9%	0.9%	0.0%	0.1%
2022	75.7%	18.7%	2.7%	1.4%	0.7%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%
2023	71.8%	23.3%	2.3%	1.0%	0.7%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	68.1%	27.7%	2.0%	0.9%	0.6%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 92.4% in 2009 to 68.1% in 2024, down 24.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Ilchester: its share of workers rose from 3.3% in 2009 to 27.7% in 2024, up 24.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 23.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.6% to 2.0% of workers (down 1.6 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2012 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Ilchester

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Ilchester?

The bars show when commuters in Ilchester 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 Maryland for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		1.1%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.9%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.2%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.3%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		12.6%
8:00-8:29 AM		14.8%
8:30-8:59 AM		10.6%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.6%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.5%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.8%
4:00-11:59 PM		3.3%

Ilchester Maryland Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Ilchester is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 14.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.9% across Maryland. Early starts are less common than in Maryland: 8.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Maryland: 52.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (22.2%) 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 Ilchester, 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 Ilchester 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 Ilchester next to Maryland 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	Ilchester	Maryland	United States
2009	7:48 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:50 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:48 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:48 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:53 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:50 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:52 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:51 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:52 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:50 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:53 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:54 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:57 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:58 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:52 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:54 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Ilchester were on the road by 7:54 AM, 6 minutes later than in 2009 (7:48 AM). Maryland followed the same path, with the typical start moving 4 minutes later. Commuters in Ilchester now leave 16 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Ilchester's commute time compare?

Metric	Ilchester	Maryland	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.1 min	28.3 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	27.7%	19.3%	15.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	2.0%	4.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Ilchester is 23.1 minutes, shorter than the 28.3 minutes in Maryland.

2.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 4.2% in Maryland. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Maryland.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Ilchester, MD Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Ilchester, MD is the 3rd largest of the 5 cities compared here, 28,356 residents against a local median of 34,082. The measure that sets Ilchester, MD apart most is work from home: 27.7%, 28% above the local median of 21.6%.

The cities themselves spread 13.6% on work from home, so Ilchester, MD sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Ilchester, MD has the highest work from home of the 5 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Ilchester, MD	28,356	23.1 min #4/5	27.7% #1/5	7:54 AM #3/5
Elkridge, MD	24,792	23.0 min	22.3%	7:53 AM
Catonsville, MD	43,371	22.4 min	20.9%	8:04 AM
Arbutus, MD	22,506	22.1 min	13.6%	7:42 AM
Ellicott City, MD	66,776	25.1 min	27.1%	8:02 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Ilchester, Maryland.

Is commuting expensive in Ilchester, Maryland?

Commuters here spend an estimated 193 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,972 at a typical national wage. That's 18% less than the typical Maryland commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Ilchester, Maryland?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Ilchester, Maryland. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How much money can remote workers save in Ilchester, Maryland?

About 27.7% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Ilchester would save about 77 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,389 at the same national wage assumption used above.