Commuting in Broward 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 Broward County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Broward County spend about 53 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 223 hours, about 9.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 11% more time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 2.7 minutes.
Broward County holds about 8.8% of Florida's population but accounts for roughly 9.8% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Broward County would save about 89 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,760 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)
Broward County
26.7 min
53.4 min
223 hrs/yr
$6,899
5,370
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.
On average, it takes
26.7
minutes to get to work in
Broward County.
That's 19% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 14.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Broward County
Car:
79.5%
Worked at Home:
14.7%
Public Transportation:
1.8%
Other:
1.6%
Walked:
1.2%
Taxi:
0.6%
Bicycle:
0.4%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Commute Mode Trends in Broward County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Broward 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
Public Transportation
Other
Walked
Taxi
Bicycle
Motorcycle
2009
90.1%
4.2%
2.7%
1.0%
1.2%
0.1%
0.5%
0.2%
2010
89.8%
4.3%
2.7%
1.0%
1.3%
0.1%
0.5%
0.2%
2011
89.7%
4.3%
2.9%
1.0%
1.3%
0.1%
0.5%
0.2%
2012
89.4%
4.4%
3.0%
1.0%
1.3%
0.1%
0.6%
0.2%
2013
89.4%
4.4%
2.9%
1.1%
1.3%
0.1%
0.6%
0.2%
2014
89.2%
4.6%
3.0%
1.1%
1.3%
0.1%
0.6%
0.2%
2015
88.9%
4.9%
3.1%
1.1%
1.2%
0.1%
0.6%
0.2%
2016
88.8%
4.9%
3.0%
1.1%
1.3%
0.1%
0.6%
0.2%
2017
89.0%
4.9%
2.8%
1.2%
1.2%
0.2%
0.6%
0.2%
2018
88.9%
5.0%
2.6%
1.3%
1.2%
0.2%
0.6%
0.2%
2019
88.6%
5.2%
2.6%
1.4%
1.2%
0.3%
0.6%
0.2%
2020
87.4%
6.7%
2.4%
1.4%
1.2%
0.3%
0.5%
0.2%
2021
85.2%
9.1%
2.1%
1.6%
1.1%
0.4%
0.4%
0.2%
2022
83.1%
11.0%
2.1%
1.6%
1.2%
0.4%
0.4%
0.2%
2023
81.2%
13.1%
2.0%
1.6%
1.2%
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
2024
79.5%
14.7%
1.8%
1.6%
1.2%
0.6%
0.4%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 90.1% in 2009 to 79.5% in 2024, down 10.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Broward County: its share of workers rose from 4.2% in 2009 to 14.7% in 2024, up 10.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.7% to 1.8% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).
Taking a taxi overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 6th most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Broward County
🦉Night OwlThe 2nd-latest start among Florida's 67 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 7:58 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Broward County?
The bars show when commuters in Broward 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
12:00-4:59 AMBroward County4.4%Florida4.7%
4.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMBroward County2.8%Florida3.5%
2.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMBroward County3.2%Florida4.0%
3.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMBroward County7.6%Florida9.1%
7.6%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMBroward County8.1%Florida8.9%
8.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMBroward County14.4%Florida15.1%
14.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMBroward County10.1%Florida10.6%
10.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMBroward County14.5%Florida13.1%
14.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMBroward County7.1%Florida5.8%
7.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMBroward County9.9%Florida8.0%
9.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMBroward County3.9%Florida3.5%
3.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMBroward County1.5%Florida1.5%
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMBroward County6.3%Florida6.3%
6.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMBroward County6.1%Florida5.9%
6.1%
Broward CountyFloridaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Broward County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 14.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.1% across Florida. Early starts are less common than in Florida: 10.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush looks much like Florida's: 47.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.7%) 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 Broward 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 Broward 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 Broward 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
Broward County
Florida
United States
2009
7:52 AM
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:54 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:56 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:57 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:58 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:58 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:58 AM
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:57 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:56 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:55 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:54 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:55 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:56 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:58 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:59 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:58 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Broward County were on the road by 7:58 AM, 6 minutes later than in 2009 (7:52 AM). The shift is sharper than across Florida, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Broward County now leave 20 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 Broward County has moved 4 minutes later.
How does Broward County's commute time compare?
Metric
Broward County
Florida
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
26.7 min
24.0 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
14.7%
15.7%
15.0%
Walked
1.2%
1.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.8%
1.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Broward County is 26.7 minutes, longer than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.
1.8% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.2% in Florida. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.
Broward County, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Broward County, FL is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 1,975,984 residents against a local median of 398,267. Nothing separates Broward County, FL sharply from the counties around it. Each measure below lands within 15% of the local median, close enough that the differences are within what survey sampling alone would produce.
The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 13% above the local median at 26.7 min against 23.6 min. Broward County, FL has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Broward County, Florida.
Is living in Broward County, Florida good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 223 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,899 at a typical national wage. That's 11% more than the typical Florida commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Broward County, Florida?
Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Broward County, Florida. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Which counties in Florida have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).