Collier County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Collier County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Collier County spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 188 hours, about 7.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 6% less time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 1.4 minutes.

Collier County holds about 1.8% of Florida's population but accounts for roughly 1.7% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Collier County would save about 75 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,327 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)
Collier County	22.5 min	45.0 min	188 hrs/yr	$5,818	3,502
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

Collier County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 22.5 minutes to get to work in Collier County. That's about the same as 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 16.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Collier County

Commute Mode Trends in Collier County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Collier 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	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	88.1%	5.7%	1.9%	1.5%	1.2%	1.3%	0.1%	0.2%
2010	87.6%	6.1%	2.1%	1.2%	1.0%	1.6%	0.1%	0.3%
2011	87.0%	6.5%	2.2%	1.3%	0.9%	1.8%	0.1%	0.3%
2012	86.5%	6.6%	2.2%	1.3%	0.9%	2.1%	0.1%	0.4%
2013	85.9%	6.7%	2.2%	1.8%	0.8%	2.1%	0.1%	0.4%
2014	85.1%	7.0%	1.8%	1.7%	1.1%	2.8%	0.1%	0.4%
2015	85.5%	7.0%	1.8%	1.5%	1.1%	2.6%	0.1%	0.3%
2016	85.5%	7.3%	1.4%	1.5%	1.2%	2.7%	0.1%	0.3%
2017	85.9%	7.3%	1.3%	1.5%	1.3%	2.4%	0.1%	0.2%
2018	86.5%	7.4%	1.2%	1.4%	1.0%	2.2%	0.1%	0.2%
2019	87.4%	7.3%	1.2%	1.4%	0.9%	1.6%	0.1%	0.1%
2020	86.1%	9.4%	1.4%	1.1%	0.8%	1.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2021	86.0%	10.2%	1.4%	0.9%	0.5%	0.7%	0.2%	0.1%
2022	84.9%	11.7%	1.3%	0.7%	0.3%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%
2023	81.8%	14.3%	1.4%	1.0%	0.5%	0.6%	0.3%	0.1%
2024	79.9%	16.4%	1.4%	0.7%	0.6%	0.5%	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 88.1% in 2009 to 79.9% in 2024, down 8.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Collier County: its share of workers rose from 5.7% in 2009 to 16.4% in 2024, up 10.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.5% to 0.7% of workers (down 0.8 percentage points).

Public transit peaked at 2.8% in 2014 and has since fallen back to 0.5%.

Commute Start Times in Collier County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Collier County?

The bars show when commuters in Collier 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		4.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.4%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		14.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.6%
9:00-9:59 AM		8.9%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Collier County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Florida. Early starts are about as common as in Florida: 11.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush looks much like Florida's: 47.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.6%) 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 Collier 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 Collier 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 Collier 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	Collier County	Florida	United States
2009	7:42 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:44 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:45 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:47 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:48 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:47 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:46 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:43 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:43 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:41 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:43 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:44 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:48 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:48 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:49 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:47 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Collier County were on the road by 7:47 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:42 AM). The shift is sharper than across Florida, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Collier County now leave 9 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 Collier County has moved 4 minutes later.

How does Collier County's commute time compare?

Metric	Collier County	Florida	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.5 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	16.4%	15.7%	15.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.5%	1.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Collier County is 22.5 minutes, shorter than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.

0.5% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Collier County, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Collier County, FL is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 398,267 residents against a local median of 201,064. Collier County, FL sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.

The largest of those small differences is work from home, 12% above the local median at 16.4% against 14.7%. Collier County, FL has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Collier County, FL	398,267	22.5 min #3/6	16.4% #1/6	7:47 AM #5/6
Hendry County, FL	42,373	23.8 min	6.9%	6:44 AM
Lee County, FL	815,257	27.0 min	15.4%	7:32 AM
Glades County, FL	12,560	22.2 min	3.8%	7:11 AM
Charlotte County, FL	201,064	21.6 min	16.2%	7:43 AM
Broward County, FL	1,975,984	26.7 min	14.7%	7:58 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Collier County, Florida.

Is commuting expensive in Collier County, Florida?

Commuters here spend an estimated 188 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,818 at a typical national wage. That's 6% less than the typical Florida commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Collier County, 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.

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).