Boynton Beach Commute Time Map & Patterns
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Commute Time Burden in Boynton Beach: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Boynton Beach spend about 48 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 199 hours, about 8.3 full days, spent commuting. That is about the same time on the road as the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way.
Boynton Beach holds about 0.4% of Florida's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Boynton Beach would save about 79 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,464 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boynton Beach | 23.8 min | 47.7 min | 199 hrs/yr | $6,160 | 5,347 |
| 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.
Boynton Beach Commute Map
On average, it takes 23.8 minutes to get to work in Boynton Beach. That's 6% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Boynton Beach
- Car: 83.3%
- Worked at Home: 10.7%
- Other: 2.7%
- Public Transportation: 1.7%
- Walked: 0.9%
- Taxi: 0.6%
- Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
- Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Boynton Beach: 4.0 times less than the Florida average (0.0% vs 0.2%).
Biking is unusually rare in Boynton Beach: 5.1 times less than the Florida average (0.1% vs 0.5%).
Commute Mode Trends in Boynton Beach, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Boynton Beach 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.
Show commute mode data by year
| Year | Car | Worked at Home | Other | Public Transportation | Walked | Taxi | Bicycle | Motorcycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 93.0% | 3.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| 2010 | 92.7% | 3.3% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| 2011 | 91.5% | 3.8% | 1.9% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| 2012 | 90.5% | 4.3% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.4% |
| 2013 | 90.6% | 4.4% | 1.3% | 2.3% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.2% |
| 2014 | 89.8% | 4.4% | 1.6% | 2.9% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| 2015 | 89.2% | 4.5% | 1.7% | 2.5% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.4% |
| 2016 | 89.7% | 4.1% | 1.5% | 2.8% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% |
| 2017 | 90.2% | 3.8% | 1.4% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.2% |
| 2018 | 90.6% | 3.1% | 1.3% | 2.6% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.2% |
| 2019 | 89.6% | 3.7% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.2% |
| 2020 | 89.1% | 4.2% | 1.9% | 2.5% | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| 2021 | 88.0% | 5.6% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| 2022 | 87.2% | 6.7% | 2.4% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| 2023 | 85.0% | 8.7% | 3.2% | 1.5% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| 2024 | 83.3% | 10.7% | 2.7% | 1.7% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 93.0% in 2009 to 83.3% in 2024, down 9.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Boynton Beach: its share of workers rose from 3.2% in 2009 to 10.7% in 2024, up 7.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Taking a taxi overtook biking to become the 6th most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.
Public transit peaked at 2.9% in 2014 and has since fallen back to 1.7%.
Commute Start Times in Boynton Beach
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Boynton Beach?
The bars show when commuters in Boynton Beach 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 |
12:00-4:59 AM
Boynton Beach3.2%
Florida4.7%
|
3.2% |
|---|---|---|
| 5:00-5:29 AM |
5:00-5:29 AM
Boynton Beach3.1%
Florida3.5%
|
3.1% |
| 5:30-5:59 AM |
5:30-5:59 AM
Boynton Beach1.4%
Florida4.0%
|
1.4% |
| 6:00-6:29 AM |
6:00-6:29 AM
Boynton Beach7.5%
Florida9.1%
|
7.5% |
| 6:30-6:59 AM |
6:30-6:59 AM
Boynton Beach8.3%
Florida8.9%
|
8.3% |
| 7:00-7:29 AM |
7:00-7:29 AM
Boynton Beach15.8%
Florida15.1%
|
15.8% |
| 7:30-7:59 AM |
7:30-7:59 AM
Boynton Beach9.4%
Florida10.6%
|
9.4% |
| 8:00-8:29 AM |
8:00-8:29 AM
Boynton Beach14.2%
Florida13.1%
|
14.2% |
| 8:30-8:59 AM |
8:30-8:59 AM
Boynton Beach7.4%
Florida5.8%
|
7.4% |
| 9:00-9:59 AM |
9:00-9:59 AM
Boynton Beach12.3%
Florida8.0%
|
12.3% |
| 10:00-10:59 AM |
10:00-10:59 AM
Boynton Beach3.7%
Florida3.5%
|
3.7% |
| 11:00-11:59 AM |
11:00-11:59 AM
Boynton Beach2.2%
Florida1.5%
|
2.2% |
| 12:00-3:59 PM |
12:00-3:59 PM
Boynton Beach6.3%
Florida6.3%
|
6.3% |
| 4:00-11:59 PM |
4:00-11:59 PM
Boynton Beach5.3%
Florida5.9%
|
5.3% |
Boynton Beach Florida Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Boynton Beach is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Florida. Early starts are less common than in Florida: 7.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush looks much like Florida's: 47.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (29.8%) 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 Boynton Beach, 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 Boynton Beach 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 Boynton Beach 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.
Show typical departure times by year
| Year | Boynton Beach | Florida | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7:56 AM | 7:41 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2010 | 7:58 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2011 | 7:56 AM | 7:44 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2012 | 7:55 AM | 7:46 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2013 | 7:53 AM | 7:47 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2014 | 7:57 AM | 7:47 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2015 | 7:51 AM | 7:47 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2016 | 7:55 AM | 7:46 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2017 | 7:54 AM | 7:45 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2018 | 7:56 AM | 7:44 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2019 | 7:52 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2020 | 7:57 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2021 | 7:53 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2022 | 7:52 AM | 7:44 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2023 | 7:51 AM | 7:44 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2024 | 8:03 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:38 AM |
In 2024, half of commuters in Boynton Beach were on the road by 8:03 AM, 7 minutes later than in 2009 (7:56 AM). The shift is sharper than across Florida, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Boynton Beach now leave 25 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 Boynton Beach has moved 11 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Boynton Beach in the whole series.
How does Boynton Beach's commute time compare?
| Metric | Boynton Beach | Florida | US Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. Commute Time | 23.8 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 | 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM | 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM | 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM |
| Work From Home | 10.7% | 15.7% | 15.0% |
| Walked | 0.9% | 1.4% | 2.4% |
| Public Transit | 1.7% | 1.2% | 3.2% |
The average commute time in Boynton Beach is about the same as in Florida.
1.7% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.2% in Florida. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about commuting in Boynton Beach, Florida.
Is commuting expensive in Boynton Beach, Florida?
Commuters here spend an estimated 199 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,160 at a typical national wage.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Boynton Beach, Florida?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Boynton Beach, Florida. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.