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Telecommuting offers many benefits for the telecommuter: 

Balance of work and family life:

Even though the teleworker may put in more hours of effective work, he or she can still expect to see more of the family and can more easily participate in home responsibilities.

Improved work-life balance is often experienced by telecommuters. Being able to spend more time with the family or having greater flexibility is the major reason many choose to telecommuting.

In addition, an effective flexible work program reduces the need for relocation for "career moves" and other job changes. All of this equates to an improved quality of live with more family and personal time and less stress. 

Cost savings:

Many people do not realize how much it costs to “go” to work. Savings can be made from not having to spend as much on vehicle fuel and maintenance or public transport, trains, parking, tolls, lunches, work clothes, dry cleaning and more.
These savings can add up to hundreds or thousands of dollars per year.
Time savings:
Think about your daily schedule, you get up, take a shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, and start on your way to work. Many people do al of this before the Sun comes up because they have to sit in rush hour traffic for hours. Then at the end of the work day, when you are tired, you have to repeat the traffic jam commute all over again.
Imagine if you didn’t have to commute every day. You could use the time you saved pursuing other activities. For example you could sleep more, see the kids off to school, get some exercise watch the morning news or just relax. 

Improved health and decreased stress:

You do not realize how much commuting stress affects your health and ability to work once you get to the office. From traffic jams and road rage to simple things like searching for a parking space, all of these things add to a stress filled day that did not have to begin that way.
While avoiding the possibility of sick building syndrome, could mean that telecommuters experience improved health, just being in a relaxed atmosphere allows your body to work at its best. 

Participation in the local community:

An important benefit for many rurally based workers is being available to participate in community activities like local clubs and societies, at a time when commuters are still on the way “home”.

Saving time by not commuting and getting ready for work, allows the telecommuter the free time to do the things they enjoy. 

Flexibility:

A flexible approach to working hours often accompanies the successful telecommuting program. Each individual has a personal daily rhythm. Some are at their best in the early morning, some late at night. Typical commuting patterns and office hours force everyone to work roughly the same timetable, while a flexible telework approach can mean individuals can stop and start according to what works best.

Telecommuters can take control, not only over when and where work is performed but also over many aspects of their non-work lives. Handling illness, injury or other personal matters, the flexibility a teleworker enjoys can bring can make it all easier. 

Increases job satisfaction/Improves work environment:

Telecommuting offers employees greater flexibility in balancing work and personal needs and Work opportunities are not confined to jobs within reasonable commuting distance. By telecommuting, the employee can work from virtually anywhere and it opens up the opportunity to work for companies that might not be considered without a teleworking program.

Telecommuters also report higher productivity. That means teleworkers do more in less time—saving time or earning more in the same time.