--- title: "Chicago to Anderson – 3 ways by car, taxi, plane | Mixroutes" description: "Chicago to Anderson is 255 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/chicago-to-anderson" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/chicago-to-anderson.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Chicago to Anderson [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Chicago&to=Anderson) [Anderson to Chicago](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/anderson-to-chicago) **Fastest:** 4h 19m\ by car, door to door\ **Cheapest:** $26\ by bus\ **Distance:** 255 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 8\ 4 ways, Fri 23 Oct\ ## 4 ways to travel 255 km apart. Times are the timetables for Fri 23 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best 2h 5m quicker than the bus and $3 cheaper. - [**Drive** best fastest 4h 19m$27–37 Estimated 335 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Chicago&to=Anderson) - [**Bus** cheapest Least hassle 6h 24m$26–127 Estimated 6 departures · Greyhound-us](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Chicago&to=Anderson) - [**Taxi** 4h 19m$540–740 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Chicago&to=Anderson) - [**Fly** 7h 50m$470–670 Estimated MDW → DAY · one stop via DTW · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Chicago&to=Anderson) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Typical flight routes from OpenFlights (ODbL), a 2014 snapshot](https://openflights.org/data) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Departures today 1. [08:04 → 16:54 7h 50m · 1 change$470–670](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Chicago&to=Anderson&date=2026-10-23&time=08%3A00&it=fly) 2. [08:12 → 17:39 8h 27m · 1 change$470–670](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Chicago&to=Anderson&date=2026-10-23&time=08%3A00&it=fly-1) 3. [05:24^+1 → 13:28^+1 7h 4m · 1 change · Greyhound-us Greyhound US0100$26–62](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Chicago&to=Anderson&date=2026-10-23&time=08%3A00&it=t0) 4. [05:29^+1 → 13:28^+1 6h 59m · 2 changes · Chicago Transit Authority 8$26–63](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Chicago&to=Anderson&date=2026-10-23&time=08%3A00&it=t1) 5. [05:40^+2 → 13:28^+2 6h 48m · 2 changes · Chicago Transit Authority 8$26–63](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Chicago&to=Anderson&date=2026-10-23&time=08%3A00&it=t4) 6. [06:04^+3 → 13:28^+3 6h 24m · 1 change · Greyhound-us Greyhound US0100$75–127](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Chicago&to=Anderson&date=2026-10-23&time=08%3A00&it=t5) 7. [06:04^+4 → 13:28^+4 6h 24m · 1 change · Greyhound-us Greyhound US0100$75–127](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Chicago&to=Anderson&date=2026-10-23&time=08%3A00&it=t6) 8. [06:04^+5 → 13:28^+5 6h 24m · 1 change · Greyhound-us Greyhound US0100$75–127](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Chicago&to=Anderson&date=2026-10-23&time=08%3A00&it=t7) Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Chicago to Anderson? The fastest way is by car: about 4h 19m door to door. The straight-line distance is 255 km. What is the cheapest way from Chicago to Anderson? Bus is the cheapest, from $26. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How much is the bus from Chicago to Anderson? Buses take about 6h 24m and cost $26–127 depending on operator and seat type. 6 departures appear in today's timetable window. How long is the flight from Chicago to Anderson? About 1h 9m in the air (MDW → DTW), about 7h 50m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run $470–670; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Anderson from Chicago by road? About 335 km, roughly 4h 19m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around $27–37; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Buses - Greyhound-us - Miller Transportation - Chicago Transit Authority Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Anderson American actress and writer (born 1968) Gillian Leigh Anderson is an American actress and writer. She received international fame for starring as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the Fox science fiction mystery series The X-Files, winning a Primetime Emmy Award for the role. Her other credits include socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film The House of Mirth (2000), DSU Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama television series The Fall (2013–2016), sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education (2019–2023), and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix drama series The Crown (2020), for which she earned her second Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Awards. 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