Commuting in Flagler 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 Flagler County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Flagler County spend about 44 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 183 hours, about 7.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 8% less time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 2.0 minutes.
Flagler County holds about 0.6% of Florida's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Flagler County would save about 73 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,273 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)
Flagler County
22.0 min
44.0 min
183 hrs/yr
$5,681
2,402
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
22.0
minutes to get to work in
Flagler County.
That's 2% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 73% of counties in Florida
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 18.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Flagler County
Car:
78.2%
Worked at Home:
18.4%
Other:
1.5%
Walked:
0.8%
Public Transportation:
0.4%unusually low
Bicycle:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
0.3%
Taxi:
0.2%
Public transit is unusually rare in Flagler County: 3.2 times less than the Florida average (0.4% vs 1.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Flagler County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Flagler 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
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Taxi
2009
91.1%
5.9%
1.0%
0.5%
0.3%
0.9%
0.2%
0.0%
2010
91.3%
5.5%
0.9%
0.7%
0.4%
1.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2011
90.6%
6.3%
0.8%
0.7%
0.3%
0.9%
0.5%
0.0%
2012
90.8%
6.3%
0.7%
0.7%
0.2%
1.0%
0.4%
0.0%
2013
91.1%
6.2%
0.3%
0.8%
0.2%
0.7%
0.7%
0.0%
2014
90.7%
6.6%
0.5%
0.6%
0.3%
0.7%
0.6%
0.0%
2015
89.1%
8.1%
0.8%
0.5%
0.2%
0.6%
0.7%
0.0%
2016
89.9%
7.5%
0.7%
0.5%
0.3%
0.7%
0.4%
0.0%
2017
90.1%
7.7%
0.7%
0.3%
0.3%
0.6%
0.3%
0.0%
2018
90.9%
7.2%
0.7%
0.2%
0.4%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
2019
90.4%
7.5%
0.9%
0.3%
0.3%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
2020
88.9%
9.0%
0.7%
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
2021
85.9%
11.9%
0.9%
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
0.4%
0.1%
2022
83.6%
14.1%
1.0%
0.5%
0.3%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
2023
81.2%
16.2%
1.1%
0.6%
0.3%
0.2%
0.4%
0.1%
2024
78.2%
18.4%
1.5%
0.8%
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2010 at 91.3%. Overall it fell from 91.1% in 2009 to 78.2% in 2024, down 12.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Flagler County: its share of workers rose from 5.9% in 2009 to 18.4% in 2024, up 12.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 10.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Riding a motorcycle lost the most ground, falling from 0.9% to 0.3% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).
Walking overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 4th most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Flagler County
🛌Hitting SnoozeThe 3rd-biggest shift to later mornings among Florida's 67 counties: the typical start is 16 minutes later than in 2009.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Flagler County?
The bars show when commuters in Flagler 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 AMFlagler County4.4%Florida4.7%
4.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMFlagler County2.7%Florida3.5%
2.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMFlagler County5.6%Florida4.0%
5.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMFlagler County6.9%Florida9.1%
6.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMFlagler County8.4%Florida8.9%
8.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMFlagler County14.7%Florida15.1%
14.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMFlagler County9.6%Florida10.6%
9.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMFlagler County17.7%Florida13.1%
17.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMFlagler County6.1%Florida5.8%
6.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMFlagler County6.5%Florida8.0%
6.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMFlagler County3.2%Florida3.5%
3.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMFlagler County1.2%Florida1.5%
1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMFlagler County8.3%Florida6.3%
8.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMFlagler County4.6%Florida5.9%
4.6%
Flagler CountyFloridaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Flagler County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 17.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.1% across Florida. Early starts are about as common as in Florida: 12.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Florida: 50.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.8%) 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 Flagler 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 Flagler 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 Flagler 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
Flagler County
Florida
United States
2009
7:37 AM
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:43 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:43 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:46 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:50 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:56 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2015
8:02 AM
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
2016
8:09 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2017
8:10 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2018
8:08 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2019
8:08 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2020
8:09 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2021
8:07 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2022
8:05 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2023
8:02 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:52 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Flagler County were on the road by 7:52 AM, 16 minutes later than in 2009 (7:37 AM). The shift is sharper than across Florida, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Flagler County now leave 15 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 Flagler County has moved 16 minutes earlier.
How does Flagler County's commute time compare?
Metric
Flagler County
Florida
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
22.0 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
18.4%
15.7%
15.0%
Walked
0.8%
1.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.4%
1.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Flagler County is 22.0 minutes, shorter than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.
0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 0.8% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.
Flagler County, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Flagler County, FL is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 126,528 residents against a local median of 306,934. The measure that sets Flagler County, FL apart most is work from home: 18.4%, 16% above the local median of 15.9%.
The counties themselves spread 16.9% on work from home, so Flagler County, FL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Flagler County, FL has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Flagler County, Florida.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Flagler County, Florida?
Commuters here spend an estimated 183 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,681 at a typical national wage. That's 8% less than the typical Florida commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Flagler County, Florida?
Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Flagler County, 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 Flagler County, Florida?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.4% of commuters use it versus 1.2% in Florida, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
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).