Calhoun County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Calhoun County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Calhoun County spend about 48 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 200 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.

Calhoun 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 Calhoun County would save about 80 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,476 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)
Calhoun County	24.0 min	47.9 min	200 hrs/yr	$6,190	972
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.

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On average, it takes 24.0 minutes to get to work in Calhoun County. That's 7% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Calhoun County

• Car: 92.6%
• Worked at Home: 4.1% unusually low
• Walked: 1.3%
• Motorcycle: 1.3% unusually high
• Other: 0.8%
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Calhoun County: 6.9 times more than the Florida average (1.3% vs 0.2%).

Public transit is essentially absent in Calhoun County, versus 1.2% in Florida.

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

Working from home is unusually rare in Calhoun County: 3.8 times less than the Florida average (4.1% vs 15.7%).

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

Commute Mode Trends in Calhoun County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Calhoun 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.

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• Worked at Home
• Motorcycle
• Walked
• Other
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Motorcycle	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	91.6%	2.5%	1.3%	0.6%	4.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	94.6%	2.4%	1.1%	0.8%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	95.3%	2.4%	0.9%	0.3%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	95.8%	1.5%	0.6%	0.4%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2013	96.4%	1.6%	0.1%	0.2%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2014	95.2%	1.7%	0.1%	0.3%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%
2015	95.6%	1.7%	0.0%	0.2%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%
2016	95.7%	1.7%	0.0%	0.3%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%
2017	94.2%	1.7%	0.0%	0.9%	2.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2018	95.0%	1.5%	0.0%	0.9%	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2019	95.7%	1.3%	0.0%	1.4%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	93.5%	1.5%	1.1%	1.3%	2.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	91.8%	3.6%	1.1%	1.4%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	94.0%	3.4%	1.1%	0.8%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	93.7%	3.8%	1.3%	0.8%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	92.6%	4.1%	1.3%	1.3%	0.8%	0.0%	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 2013 at 96.4%. Overall it rose from 91.6% in 2009 to 92.6% in 2024, up 1.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Calhoun County: its share of workers rose from 2.5% in 2009 to 4.1% in 2024, up 1.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Commute Start Times in Calhoun County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Calhoun County?

The bars show when commuters in Calhoun 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 AM Calhoun County11.5% Florida4.7%	11.5%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Calhoun County5.5% Florida3.5%	5.5%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Calhoun County8.0% Florida4.0%	8.0%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Calhoun County9.2% Florida9.1%	9.2%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Calhoun County16.8% Florida8.9%	16.8%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Calhoun County14.4% Florida15.1%	14.4%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Calhoun County7.3% Florida10.6%	7.3%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Calhoun County8.1% Florida13.1%	8.1%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Calhoun County6.3% Florida5.8%	6.3%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Calhoun County0.5% Florida8.0%	0.5%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Calhoun County1.3% Florida3.5%	1.3%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Calhoun County2.2% Florida1.5%	2.2%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Calhoun County4.1% Florida6.3%	4.1%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Calhoun County4.9% Florida5.9%	4.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Calhoun County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 16.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.9% across Florida. Early starts are more common than in Florida: 25.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush looks much like Florida's: 46.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 8 commuters (12.9%) 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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun 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.

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• Florida
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Calhoun County	Florida	United States
2009	6:51 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2010	6:57 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2011	6:56 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2012	6:51 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2013	6:53 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2014	6:53 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2015	6:58 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2016	6:55 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2017	6:54 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2018	6:55 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	6:43 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2020	6:52 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2021	6:45 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2022	6:56 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	6:58 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	6:58 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Calhoun County were on the road by 6:58 AM, 8 minutes later than in 2009 (6:51 AM). The shift is sharper than across Florida, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Calhoun County now leave 40 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 Calhoun County has moved 16 minutes later.

How does Calhoun County's commute time compare?

Metric	Calhoun County	Florida	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	24.0 min	24.0 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	06:30 AM – 06:59 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	4.1%	15.7%	15.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	1.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Calhoun County is about the same as in Florida.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 1.3% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau