Mean Commute Time in Cook County, IL

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Mean Commute Time
34.9 min +26.5% vs nat'l
Rank #292 of 3,222
91th %ile

How Cook County Compares

Cook County
34.9 min
Illinois Average
34.9 min
Rank #3 of 102 in state
National
27.6 min
26.5% above

National Distribution

Where Cook County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for mean commute time.

3.7 min 49.1 min

■ Cook County: 34.9 min

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#289 Harford County, MD 35.0 min
#290 Hendry County, FL 35.0 min
#291 Newton County, IN 34.9 min
#292 Cook County, IL 34.9 min
#293 Bradford County, FL 34.9 min
#294 Philadelphia County, PA 34.9 min
#295 Morrow County, OH 34.9 min
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Mean Commute Time in Cook County, Illinois

Cook County, Illinois has a mean commute time of 34.9 min, which ranks #292 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 26.5% above the national value of 27.6 min.

Within Illinois, Cook County ranks #3 of 102 out of 102 counties. This places it in the 91th percentile nationally.

Estimated mean travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16+. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.