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Franklin County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Franklin County spend about 33 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 138 hours, about 5.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 31% less time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 7.4 minutes.

Franklin County holds about 0.1% of Florida's population but accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Franklin County would save about 55 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,711 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)
Franklin County 16.6 min 33.1 min 138 hrs/yr $4,277 532
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
  1. Taylor County (13.8 min)
  2. Monroe County (16.1 min)
  3. Franklin County (16.6 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Florida
  1. Washington County (32.8 min)
  2. Osceola County (32.3 min)
  3. Liberty County (32.1 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Franklin County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 16.6 minutes to get to work in Franklin County. That's 26% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 3 fastest counties in Florida

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 8.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Franklin County

  • Car: 86.5%
  • Worked at Home: 8.6%
  • Walked: 2.5%
  • Other: 1.2%
  • Bicycle: 1.0%
  • Motorcycle: 0.2%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is essentially absent in Franklin County, versus 1.2% in Florida.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Franklin County, versus 0.4% in Florida.

Commute Mode Trends in Franklin County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Franklin 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 Walked Other Bicycle Motorcycle Public Transportation Taxi
2009 89.0% 3.5% 2.6% 0.0% 3.5% 0.0% 1.3% 0.0%
2010 89.8% 2.9% 2.8% 0.0% 3.6% 0.0% 0.9% 0.0%
2011 90.0% 3.3% 3.2% 0.0% 2.4% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0%
2012 90.2% 3.7% 3.1% 0.2% 2.1% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0%
2013 90.5% 4.5% 2.5% 1.3% 0.9% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
2014 88.3% 5.1% 3.3% 2.2% 0.8% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
2015 87.1% 5.4% 3.6% 2.2% 0.9% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0%
2016 88.1% 4.9% 3.1% 2.7% 0.5% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0%
2017 88.5% 4.9% 2.6% 2.8% 0.5% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0%
2018 87.8% 5.2% 2.9% 3.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.5% 0.1%
2019 90.3% 3.3% 2.9% 2.5% 0.3% 0.0% 0.5% 0.1%
2020 92.5% 4.3% 1.3% 1.7% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 90.4% 4.9% 2.2% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 87.3% 5.5% 4.0% 2.7% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 87.4% 6.6% 3.3% 2.1% 0.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 86.5% 8.6% 2.5% 1.2% 1.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2020 at 92.5%. Overall it fell from 89.0% in 2009 to 86.5% in 2024, down 2.5 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Franklin County: its share of workers rose from 3.5% in 2009 to 8.6% in 2024, up 5.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Biking lost the most ground, falling from 3.5% to 1.0% of workers (down 2.5 percentage points).

Walking overtook biking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2011 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 4.0% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 2.5%.

Commute Start Times in Franklin County

  • Rush-Hour RegularsThe highest share of rush-hour departures among Florida's 67 counties: 64.2% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Franklin County?

The bars show when commuters in Franklin 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
3.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
1.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
0.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
4.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
8.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
16.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
22.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
17.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
5.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
6.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
4.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.8%
12:00-3:59 PM
3.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Franklin County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 22.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.6% across Florida. Early starts are less common than in Florida: 6.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Florida: 64.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.6%) 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 Franklin 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 Franklin 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County Florida United States
2009 7:54 AM 7:41 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:42 AM 7:43 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:50 AM 7:44 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:46 AM 7:46 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:39 AM 7:47 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:39 AM 7:47 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:39 AM 7:47 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:35 AM 7:46 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:44 AM 7:45 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:44 AM 7:44 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:51 AM 7:43 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:56 AM 7:43 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:52 AM 7:43 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:51 AM 7:44 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:52 AM 7:44 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:50 AM 7:43 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Franklin County were on the road by 7:50 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:54 AM). That goes against the trend across Florida, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Franklin County now leave 12 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Franklin County's commute time compare?

Metric Franklin County Florida US Average
Avg. Commute Time 16.6 min 24.0 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:30 AM – 07:59 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 8.6% 15.7% 15.0%
Walked 2.5% 1.4% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.2% 3.2%

The average commute time in Franklin County is 16.6 minutes, shorter than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 2.5% commute by walking, higher than the 1.4% in Florida.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Franklin County, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Franklin County, FL is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 12,553 residents against a local median of 15,130. Where Franklin County, FL breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 47% below the local median of 31.1 min at 16.6 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 13.4 min on one-way commute, so Franklin County, FL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Franklin County, FL has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Franklin County, FL 12,553 16.6 min #1/6 8.6% #3/6 7:50 AM #6/6
Gulf County, FL 15,130 18.8 min 9.3% 7:31 AM
Liberty County, FL 7,687 32.1 min 7.1% 7:01 AM
Wakulla County, FL 35,387 31.9 min 7.6% 7:24 AM
Calhoun County, FL 13,492 24.0 min 4.1% 6:58 AM
Gadsden County, FL 43,710 31.1 min 9.0% 7:20 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Franklin County, Florida.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 138 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,277 at a typical national wage. That's 31% less than the typical Florida commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Franklin 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.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Franklin County, Florida?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% 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).