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Commuting in Florence, Alabama: 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 Florence: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Florence spend about 27 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 114 hours, about 4.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 38% less time on the road than the Alabama average of 22.1 minutes each way, a difference of 8.4 minutes.

Florence holds about 0.7% of Alabama's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Florence would save about 46 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,415 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)
Florence 13.7 min 27.4 min 114 hrs/yr $3,538 1,665
Alabama 22.1 min 44.3 min 184 hrs/yr $5,717 1,193
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.

Florence Commute Map

On average, it takes 13.7 minutes to get to work in Florence. That's 39% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Florence

  • Car: 87.0%
  • Worked at Home: 9.3%
  • Walked: 2.3%
  • Other: 1.2%
  • Taxi: 0.1%
  • Bicycle: < 0.1%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Florence: 5.2 times less than the Alabama average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Florence: 378.4 times less than the Alabama average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Florence, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Florence 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 Walked Other Taxi Bicycle Public Transportation Motorcycle
2009 95.3% 2.1% 1.7% 0.5% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
2010 95.2% 2.4% 1.7% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 94.3% 2.9% 1.6% 0.4% 0.5% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
2012 94.3% 3.1% 1.0% 0.6% 0.2% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2%
2013 93.7% 3.0% 1.5% 0.5% 0.2% 0.6% 0.3% 0.2%
2014 93.8% 2.3% 2.0% 0.6% 0.1% 0.6% 0.3% 0.2%
2015 91.2% 3.4% 3.1% 0.9% 0.2% 0.7% 0.4% 0.2%
2016 92.3% 2.3% 3.3% 0.8% 0.0% 0.8% 0.3% 0.2%
2017 92.8% 2.4% 3.2% 0.4% 0.2% 0.7% 0.2% 0.1%
2018 93.2% 2.4% 3.1% 0.3% 0.2% 0.6% 0.1% 0.1%
2019 93.3% 2.8% 2.8% 0.3% 0.2% 0.6% 0.0% 0.1%
2020 93.8% 3.7% 1.7% 0.1% 0.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.1%
2021 93.5% 4.0% 1.6% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 92.0% 5.4% 1.7% 0.6% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 89.9% 7.0% 2.1% 0.9% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 87.0% 9.3% 2.3% 1.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 95.3% in 2009 to 87.0% in 2024, down 8.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Florence: its share of workers rose from 2.1% in 2009 to 9.3% in 2024, up 7.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking peaked at 3.3% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 2.3%.

Commute Start Times in Florence

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Florence?

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

12:00-4:59 AM
2.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
3.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
6.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
5.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
9.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
10.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
14.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
10.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
7.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
4.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
2.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
11.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
8.2%

Florence Alabama Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Florence is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 14.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.8% across Alabama. Early starts are less common than in Alabama: 12.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Alabama: 44.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.6% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (33.0%) 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 Florence, 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 Florence 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 Florence next to Alabama 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 Florence Alabama United States
2009 7:44 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:44 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:47 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:50 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:48 AM 7:21 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:43 AM 7:21 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:43 AM 7:21 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:41 AM 7:21 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:45 AM 7:21 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:47 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:48 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:47 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:52 AM 7:21 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:51 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:51 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:56 AM 7:19 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Florence were on the road by 7:56 AM, 12 minutes later than in 2009 (7:44 AM). Across Alabama, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Florence now leave 18 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Florence has moved 8 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Florence in the whole series.

How does Florence's commute time compare?

Metric Florence Alabama US Average
Avg. Commute Time 13.7 min 22.1 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 9.3% 8.8% 15.0%
Walked 2.3% 1.1% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in Florence is 13.7 minutes, shorter than the 22.1 minutes in Alabama.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Alabama. 2.3% commute by walking, higher than the 1.1% in Alabama.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Florence, Alabama.

Is commuting expensive in Florence, Alabama?

Commuters here spend an estimated 114 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,538 at a typical national wage. That's 38% less than the typical Alabama commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Florence, Alabama?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Florence, Alabama. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Florence, Alabama?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.3% in Alabama, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.