Ferry Pass Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Ferry Pass: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Ferry Pass spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 156 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 22% less time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 5.3 minutes.

Ferry Pass 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 Ferry Pass would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,928 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)
Ferry Pass	18.7 min	37.3 min	156 hrs/yr	$4,821	4,232
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.

Ferry Pass Commute Map

On average, it takes 18.7 minutes to get to work in Ferry Pass. That's 17% shorter 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 15.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Ferry Pass

Public transit is unusually rare in Ferry Pass: 3.9 times less than the Florida average (0.3% vs 1.2%).

Taking a taxi is unusually common in Ferry Pass: 3.5 times more than the Florida average (1.2% vs 0.4%).

Commute Mode Trends in Ferry Pass, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Ferry Pass 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	Walked	Taxi	Other	Motorcycle	Public Transportation	Bicycle
2009	94.1%	3.4%	1.0%	0.0%	0.9%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
2010	94.1%	3.8%	1.0%	0.0%	0.7%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2011	91.1%	6.3%	1.3%	0.0%	0.7%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%
2012	90.6%	6.7%	1.5%	0.0%	0.7%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%
2013	90.8%	7.0%	1.3%	0.0%	0.5%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2014	90.9%	6.7%	1.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.4%	0.4%
2015	90.9%	6.5%	0.9%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%	0.7%
2016	90.7%	5.9%	1.4%	0.2%	0.3%	0.4%	0.7%	0.5%
2017	89.7%	6.2%	1.7%	0.2%	0.3%	0.5%	0.7%	0.9%
2018	88.8%	6.2%	2.1%	0.3%	0.6%	0.4%	0.7%	0.9%
2019	88.3%	5.9%	2.6%	0.3%	0.8%	0.2%	0.6%	1.3%
2020	84.3%	9.3%	3.5%	0.2%	0.8%	0.2%	0.5%	1.2%
2021	81.6%	10.7%	3.4%	1.3%	1.2%	0.1%	0.3%	1.4%
2022	81.4%	11.5%	4.3%	1.1%	0.6%	0.1%	0.2%	0.7%
2023	79.9%	13.4%	3.7%	1.4%	0.5%	0.2%	0.2%	0.7%
2024	77.9%	15.5%	3.6%	1.2%	0.6%	0.5%	0.3%	0.3%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 94.1% in 2009 to 77.9% in 2024, down 16.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 9 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Ferry Pass: its share of workers rose from 3.4% in 2009 to 15.5% in 2024, up 12.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Taking a taxi overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 4th most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Biking peaked at 1.4% in 2021 and has since fallen back to 0.3%.

Commute Start Times in Ferry Pass

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Ferry Pass?

The bars show when commuters in Ferry Pass 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		3.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.8%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.0%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.5%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		9.8%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		7.1%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.8%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.4%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Ferry Pass is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Florida. Early starts are more common than in Florida: 14.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Florida: 45.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.3%) 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 Ferry Pass, 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 Ferry Pass 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 Ferry Pass 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	Ferry Pass	Florida	United States
2009	7:34 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:35 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:38 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:42 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:44 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:44 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:49 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:49 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:51 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:49 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:47 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	7:38 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:40 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Ferry Pass were on the road by 7:40 AM, 6 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 Ferry Pass now leave 3 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 Ferry Pass has moved 7 minutes earlier.

How does Ferry Pass's commute time compare?

Metric	Ferry Pass	Florida	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.7 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	15.5%	15.7%	15.0%
Walked	3.6%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	1.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Ferry Pass is 18.7 minutes, shorter than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 3.6% commute by walking, higher than the 1.4% in Florida.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Ferry Pass, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Ferry Pass, FL is the 2nd largest of the 4 cities compared here, 32,041 residents against a local median of 21,878. Nothing separates Ferry Pass, FL sharply from the cities 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, 5% above the local median at 18.7 min against 17.7 min. Ferry Pass, FL has the 3rd lowest one-way commute of the 4 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Ferry Pass, FL	32,041	18.7 min #3/4	15.5% #3/4	7:40 AM #3/4
Brent, FL	21,878	17.4 min	19.0%	7:34 AM
Pensacola, FL	53,225	17.7 min	16.2%	7:43 AM
Ensley, FL	21,380	18.8 min	13.7%	7:32 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Ferry Pass, Florida.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 156 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,821 at a typical national wage. That's 22% less than the typical Florida commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Ferry Pass, 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.

Do people use public transit in Ferry Pass, Florida?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.3% of commuters use it versus 1.2% in Florida, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.