Bradford County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Bradford County, 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 Bradford County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Bradford County spend about 56 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 232 hours, about 9.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 16% more time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 3.9 minutes.

Bradford County holds about 0.1% of Florida's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Bradford County would save about 93 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,881 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)
Bradford County	27.9 min	55.8 min	232 hrs/yr	$7,203	739
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.

Commute Time Map: Florida Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Florida

Taylor County (13.8 min)
Monroe County (16.1 min)
Franklin County (16.6 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Florida

Washington County (32.8 min)
Osceola County (32.3 min)
Liberty County (32.1 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Bradford County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 27.9 minutes to get to work in Bradford County. That's 24% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 71% of counties in Florida

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 10.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Bradford County

Public transit is unusually rare in Bradford County: 10.6 times less than the Florida average (0.1% vs 1.2%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Bradford County, versus 0.4% in Florida.

Biking is essentially absent in Bradford County, versus 0.5% in Florida.

Commute Mode Trends in Bradford County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Bradford County 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	Motorcycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	95.4%	1.3%	0.2%	2.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%
2010	95.5%	1.6%	0.2%	2.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2011	96.3%	1.3%	0.0%	2.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2012	93.7%	2.6%	0.0%	3.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2013	94.1%	2.1%	0.2%	3.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	94.8%	2.3%	0.2%	2.5%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	95.3%	1.7%	0.2%	2.4%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	94.1%	1.8%	0.6%	3.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	94.7%	1.4%	1.4%	2.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%
2018	93.4%	2.6%	1.4%	1.5%	0.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.3%
2019	92.5%	3.3%	1.2%	1.7%	0.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.7%
2020	87.5%	8.2%	0.9%	1.6%	0.2%	0.9%	0.0%	0.7%
2021	87.5%	8.4%	1.5%	0.5%	0.3%	1.0%	0.0%	0.7%
2022	86.1%	9.1%	1.6%	1.8%	0.4%	0.7%	0.0%	0.5%
2023	84.6%	10.6%	2.4%	1.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%
2024	84.0%	10.6%	3.4%	1.8%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2011 at 96.3%. Overall it fell from 95.4% in 2009 to 84.0% in 2024, down 11.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Bradford County: its share of workers rose from 1.3% in 2009 to 10.6% in 2024, up 9.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 3.3% in 2013 and has since fallen back to 1.8%.

Commute Start Times in Bradford County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Bradford County?

The bars show when commuters in Bradford County 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		6.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		6.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.1%
6:00-6:29 AM		13.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		13.2%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.3%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.6%
8:00-8:29 AM		7.8%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		3.0%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.7%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM		2.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		7.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Bradford County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Florida. Early starts are more common than in Florida: 18.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush looks much like Florida's: 48.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.6%) 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 Bradford County, 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 Bradford County 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 Bradford County 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	Bradford County	Florida	United States
2009	7:18 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:18 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:19 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:22 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:21 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:22 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:23 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:23 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:23 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:23 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:21 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:21 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:22 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:16 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:10 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:09 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Bradford County were on the road by 7:09 AM, 9 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:18 AM). That goes against the trend across Florida, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Bradford County now leave 29 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 Bradford County has moved 12 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Bradford County in the whole series.

How does Bradford County's commute time compare?

Metric	Bradford County	Florida	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	27.9 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	10.6%	15.7%	15.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.1%	1.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Bradford County is 27.9 minutes, longer than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 1.8% commute by walking, higher than the 1.4% in Florida.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Bradford County, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Bradford County, FL is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 27,885 residents against a local median of 71,789. Bradford County, FL's work from home, at 10.6%, runs 23% above the 8.6% typical of the counties around it.

The counties themselves spread 8.2% on work from home, so Bradford County, FL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Bradford County, FL has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Bradford County, FL	27,885	27.9 min #3/6	10.6% #3/6	7:09 AM #3/6
Union County, FL	15,701	32.0 min	7.7%	7:06 AM
Clay County, FL	225,443	31.2 min	15.9%	7:18 AM
Alachua County, FL	285,474	20.5 min	14.1%	7:53 AM
Baker County, FL	28,430	30.2 min	8.6%	6:57 AM
Columbia County, FL	71,789	20.5 min	8.3%	7:28 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Bradford County, Florida.

Is commuting expensive in Bradford County, Florida?

Commuters here spend an estimated 232 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,203 at a typical national wage. That's 16% more than the typical Florida commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Bradford County, Florida?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Bradford County, 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 Bradford County, Florida?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 1.2% in Florida, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How do commute times compare across counties in Florida?

Among counties in Florida, the shortest average commutes are in Taylor County (13.8 min), Monroe County (16.1 min), Franklin County (16.6 min). The longest are in Washington County (32.8 min), Osceola County (32.3 min), Liberty County (32.1 min).