Commuting in Duval 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 Duval County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Duval 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.
Duval County holds about 4.6% of Florida's population but accounts for roughly 4.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Duval County would save about 75 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,331 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)
Duval County
22.6 min
45.1 min
188 hrs/yr
$5,829
3,837
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
22.6
minutes to get to work in
Duval County.
That's 1% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 16.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Duval County
Car:
79.3%
Worked at Home:
16.0%
Other:
1.4%
Walked:
1.3%
Public Transportation:
0.9%
Bicycle:
0.4%
Taxi:
0.4%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Commute Mode Trends in Duval County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Duval 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
Public Transportation
Taxi
Bicycle
Motorcycle
2009
91.7%
3.4%
0.8%
1.7%
1.6%
0.2%
0.5%
0.2%
2010
91.7%
3.5%
0.7%
1.7%
1.6%
0.1%
0.5%
0.3%
2011
91.6%
3.7%
0.7%
1.4%
1.7%
0.1%
0.5%
0.3%
2012
91.1%
4.1%
0.7%
1.4%
1.8%
0.1%
0.5%
0.2%
2013
90.7%
4.4%
0.9%
1.3%
1.7%
0.1%
0.5%
0.3%
2014
90.3%
4.8%
1.0%
1.3%
1.7%
0.1%
0.5%
0.3%
2015
90.2%
4.8%
1.1%
1.2%
1.8%
0.1%
0.6%
0.3%
2016
89.8%
4.8%
1.0%
1.5%
1.9%
0.1%
0.6%
0.2%
2017
89.6%
4.8%
1.1%
1.7%
1.9%
0.1%
0.6%
0.2%
2018
89.5%
4.8%
1.2%
1.7%
1.8%
0.1%
0.6%
0.2%
2019
89.2%
5.1%
1.3%
1.7%
1.8%
0.1%
0.5%
0.2%
2020
87.3%
7.1%
1.5%
1.6%
1.7%
0.2%
0.5%
0.2%
2021
85.7%
9.1%
1.6%
1.4%
1.4%
0.2%
0.4%
0.2%
2022
83.5%
11.5%
1.6%
1.3%
1.3%
0.2%
0.4%
0.2%
2023
81.4%
13.9%
1.5%
1.2%
1.2%
0.2%
0.4%
0.2%
2024
79.3%
16.0%
1.4%
1.3%
0.9%
0.4%
0.4%
0.2%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 91.7% in 2009 to 79.3% in 2024, down 12.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 14 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Duval County: its share of workers rose from 3.4% in 2009 to 16.0% in 2024, up 12.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 10.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.6% to 0.9% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Duval County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Duval County?
The bars show when commuters in Duval 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 AMDuval County5.0%Florida4.7%
5.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMDuval County3.0%Florida3.5%
3.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMDuval County4.2%Florida4.0%
4.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMDuval County8.9%Florida9.1%
8.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMDuval County9.8%Florida8.9%
9.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMDuval County15.5%Florida15.1%
15.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMDuval County11.5%Florida10.6%
11.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMDuval County11.5%Florida13.1%
11.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMDuval County5.6%Florida5.8%
5.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMDuval County6.8%Florida8.0%
6.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMDuval County3.5%Florida3.5%
3.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMDuval County1.4%Florida1.5%
1.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMDuval County6.5%Florida6.3%
6.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMDuval County6.7%Florida5.9%
6.7%
Duval CountyFloridaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Duval County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Florida. Early starts are about as common as in Florida: 12.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush looks much like Florida's: 48.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.9%) 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 Duval 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 Duval 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 Duval 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
Duval County
Florida
United States
2009
7:34 AM
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:37 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:38 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:40 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:42 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:43 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:43 AM
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:42 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:40 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:37 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:38 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:38 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:38 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:39 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:40 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:39 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Duval County were on the road by 7:39 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:34 AM). The shift is sharper than across Florida, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Duval County now leave 1 minute 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 Duval County has moved 2 minutes later.
How does Duval County's commute time compare?
Metric
Duval County
Florida
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
22.6 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
16.0%
15.7%
15.0%
Walked
1.3%
1.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.9%
1.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Duval County is 22.6 minutes, shorter than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.
0.9% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 1.3% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.
Duval County, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Duval County, FL is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 1,023,142 residents against a local median of 97,859. Duval County, FL's one-way commute, at 22.6 min, runs 20% below the 28.3 min typical of the counties around it. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 16.0% against a local median of 13.7%, 17% above it. The counties themselves spread 8.9 min on one-way commute, so Duval County, FL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Duval County, FL has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Duval County, Florida.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Duval County, Florida?
Commuters here spend an estimated 188 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,829 at a typical national wage. That's 6% less than the typical Florida commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Duval County, Florida?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Duval County, Florida. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).