DeBary Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in DeBary, 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 DeBary: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in DeBary spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 196 hours, about 8.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 2% less time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 0.4 minutes.

DeBary 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 DeBary would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,433 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)
DeBary	23.5 min	47.1 min	196 hrs/yr	$6,083	3,783
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.

DeBary Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.5 minutes to get to work in DeBary. That's 5% 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 19.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in DeBary

Walking is unusually rare in DeBary: 3.5 times less than the Florida average (0.4% vs 1.4%).

Public transit is unusually rare in DeBary: 7.3 times less than the Florida average (0.2% vs 1.2%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in DeBary: 13.6 times less than the Florida average (0.0% vs 0.4%).

Commute Mode Trends in DeBary, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in DeBary 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	Motorcycle	Taxi
2009	92.6%	5.8%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%
2010	91.1%	7.3%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.7%	0.0%
2011	91.4%	6.6%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	1.3%	0.0%
2012	92.3%	5.2%	0.5%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	1.5%	0.0%
2013	89.8%	7.9%	0.7%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%
2014	90.4%	7.4%	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%	0.1%	1.2%	0.0%
2015	91.0%	6.7%	0.3%	0.6%	0.4%	0.1%	0.9%	0.1%
2016	88.8%	8.7%	0.3%	0.5%	0.3%	1.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2017	87.7%	9.7%	0.2%	0.4%	0.2%	1.4%	0.3%	0.2%
2018	88.4%	8.7%	0.2%	0.3%	0.7%	1.5%	0.2%	0.1%
2019	87.5%	8.7%	0.6%	1.5%	0.2%	1.4%	0.1%	0.2%
2020	85.2%	10.5%	0.9%	1.2%	0.1%	2.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2021	82.1%	15.7%	0.8%	0.3%	0.1%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	81.7%	15.9%	1.1%	0.3%	0.2%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	81.2%	16.7%	1.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2024	78.0%	19.7%	1.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	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 92.6% in 2009 to 78.0% in 2024, down 14.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in DeBary: its share of workers rose from 5.8% in 2009 to 19.7% in 2024, up 13.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 11.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit peaked at 2.0% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 0.2%.

Commute Start Times in DeBary

What Time Do People Leave for Work in DeBary?

The bars show when commuters in DeBary 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		3.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		6.5%
7:00-7:29 AM		16.5%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		18.2%
8:30-8:59 AM		7.3%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.2%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.6%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.2%
12:00-3:59 PM		2.5%
4:00-11:59 PM		3.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in DeBary is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 18.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.1% across Florida. Early starts are about as common as in Florida: 12.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Florida: 55.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.3%) 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 DeBary, 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 DeBary 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 DeBary 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	DeBary	Florida	United States
2009	7:33 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:39 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:39 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:41 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:38 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:34 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:29 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:29 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:35 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:35 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:36 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:46 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:44 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:44 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:51 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:45 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in DeBary were on the road by 7:45 AM, 12 minutes later than in 2009 (7:33 AM). The shift is sharper than across Florida, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in DeBary now leave 7 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 DeBary has moved 8 minutes later.

How does DeBary's commute time compare?

Metric	DeBary	Florida	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.5 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	19.7%	15.7%	15.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	1.2%	3.2%

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

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 0.4% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

DeBary, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How DeBary, FL compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
DeBary, FL	23,279	23.5 min #2/3	19.7% #1/3	7:45 AM #3/3
Sanford, FL	52,563	21.3 min	18.7%	7:38 AM
Deltona, FL	79,571	31.6 min	14.3%	7:17 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in DeBary, Florida.

Is living in DeBary, Florida good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 196 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,083 at a typical national wage. That's 2% less than the typical Florida commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in DeBary, Florida?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in DeBary, 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.

How common is public transit use in DeBary, Florida?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% of commuters use it versus 1.2% in Florida, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.