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Counties With the Shortest Commute in Illinois (2026)

Brown has the lowest commute time of any county in Illinois, at 15.9 min, followed by Adams and Champaign. Source: Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Shortest counties for commute time in Illinois

Top 25 of 102 counties with data.

Ranked by avg commute time (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), lowest first.

Shortest counties for commute time in Illinois
RankCountyValue
1Brown15.9 min
2Adams16.9 min
3Champaign16.9 min
4Edgar17.9 min
5Effingham18.1 min
6Crawford18.1 min
7Coles18.2 min
8McLean18.3 min
9McDonough18.6 min
10Morgan18.7 min
11Warren18.8 min
12Peoria19.2 min
13Macon19.4 min
14Jefferson19.6 min
15Sangamon19.7 min
16Rock Island19.7 min
17Richland19.7 min
18Schuyler19.7 min
19Vermilion20.1 min
20Whiteside20.3 min
21Jackson20.3 min
22Massac20.3 min
23Douglas20.4 min
24Knox20.4 min
25Stephenson20.7 min

How this ranking works

This page ranks Illinois counties by avg commute time, sorted so the shortest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For commute time, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh commute time against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of avg commute time.

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