Apopka Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Apopka, Florida: 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 Apopka: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Apopka spend about 61 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 253 hours, about 10.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 27% more time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 6.4 minutes.

Apopka holds about 0.3% of Florida's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Apopka would save about 101 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,138 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)
Apopka	30.4 min	60.7 min	253 hrs/yr	$7,844	3,530
Florida	24.0 min	47.9 min	200 hrs/yr	$6,189	3,068
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.

Apopka Commute Map

On average, it takes 30.4 minutes to get to work in Apopka. That's 35% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 19.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Apopka

Public transit is unusually rare in Apopka: 7.6 times less than the Florida average (0.2% vs 1.2%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Apopka: 12.1 times less than the Florida average (0.0% vs 0.4%).

Commute Mode Trends in Apopka, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Apopka 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	Other	Walked	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Motorcycle	Taxi
2009	91.4%	4.5%	1.7%	1.2%	0.3%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%
2010	91.0%	4.7%	1.8%	0.9%	0.3%	1.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2011	91.3%	4.3%	2.0%	0.6%	0.4%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	92.6%	4.1%	0.8%	0.7%	0.4%	1.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2013	91.7%	4.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.5%	1.1%	0.4%	0.0%
2014	90.6%	5.0%	1.1%	1.0%	0.8%	1.1%	0.5%	0.0%
2015	89.5%	5.4%	2.0%	1.0%	0.8%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%
2016	89.0%	5.9%	1.9%	1.1%	0.6%	0.9%	0.5%	0.0%
2017	87.6%	6.6%	2.3%	0.9%	0.6%	1.0%	1.0%	0.0%
2018	89.1%	5.5%	2.6%	0.9%	0.5%	0.9%	0.5%	0.0%
2019	90.3%	4.8%	2.5%	0.8%	0.1%	1.1%	0.4%	0.0%
2020	88.6%	7.4%	1.7%	0.8%	0.1%	1.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2021	84.1%	12.2%	1.6%	0.7%	0.2%	0.6%	0.5%	0.0%
2022	83.8%	13.4%	1.2%	0.8%	0.4%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	79.1%	18.3%	1.2%	0.5%	0.4%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	77.3%	19.9%	1.6%	0.5%	0.4%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2012 at 92.6%. Overall it fell from 91.4% in 2009 to 77.3% in 2024, down 14.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Apopka: its share of workers rose from 4.5% in 2009 to 19.9% in 2024, up 15.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 15.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.2% to 0.5% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Apopka

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Apopka?

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

12:00-4:59 AM		5.1%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		11.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		17.3%
7:30-7:59 AM		8.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.1%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.2%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.4%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.8%

Apopka Florida Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Apopka is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Florida. Early starts are more common than in Florida: 15.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Florida: 44.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.2%) 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 Apopka, 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 Apopka 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 Apopka next to Florida 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	Apopka	Florida	United States
2009	7:25 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:27 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:33 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:34 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:37 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:30 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:32 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:28 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:24 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:22 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:23 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:24 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:24 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:26 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:29 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:27 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Apopka were on the road by 7:27 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:25 AM). Florida followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes later. Commuters in Apopka now leave 11 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Apopka has moved 4 minutes later.

How does Apopka's commute time compare?

Metric	Apopka	Florida	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	30.4 min	24.0 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	19.9%	15.7%	15.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	1.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Apopka is 30.4 minutes, longer than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Apopka, Florida.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Apopka, Florida?

Commuters here spend an estimated 253 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,844 at a typical national wage. That's 27% more than the typical Florida commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Apopka, Florida?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Apopka, Florida. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How common is public transit use in Apopka, Florida?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% of commuters use it versus 1.2% in Florida, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.