Commuting in Glades 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 Glades County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Glades 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 185 hours, about 7.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 7% less time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 1.7 minutes.
Glades County 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 Glades County would save about 74 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,297 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)
Glades County
22.2 min
44.4 min
185 hrs/yr
$5,741
985
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
22.2
minutes to get to work in
Glades County.
That's 1% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 70% of counties in Florida
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by other means. About 3.8% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Glades County
Car:
87.7%
Other:
4.8%
Worked at Home:
3.8%unusually low
Public Transportation:
2.0%
Bicycle:
0.7%
Motorcycle:
0.5%
Walked:
0.5%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Glades County, versus 0.4% in Florida.
Working from home is unusually rare in Glades County: 4.1 times less than the Florida average (3.8% vs 15.7%).
Commute Mode Trends in Glades County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Glades 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
Other
Worked at Home
Public Transportation
Bicycle
Motorcycle
Walked
Taxi
2009
93.2%
0.4%
1.3%
3.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2.0%
0.1%
2010
93.8%
0.4%
0.6%
3.3%
0.0%
0.0%
1.8%
0.1%
2011
91.6%
0.5%
1.3%
3.8%
0.2%
0.0%
2.6%
0.0%
2012
89.1%
0.6%
1.4%
5.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2.9%
0.0%
2013
89.1%
1.1%
1.3%
2.4%
0.0%
0.0%
6.1%
0.0%
2014
88.9%
1.1%
2.7%
1.3%
0.2%
0.0%
5.9%
0.0%
2015
86.7%
0.8%
6.0%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
5.8%
0.0%
2016
85.8%
1.4%
7.1%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
5.3%
0.0%
2017
88.1%
2.0%
5.3%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
4.1%
0.0%
2018
87.5%
2.6%
6.5%
1.8%
0.2%
0.0%
1.5%
0.0%
2019
85.8%
3.2%
5.9%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
3.7%
0.0%
2020
88.3%
3.2%
2.5%
1.1%
0.3%
0.0%
4.5%
0.0%
2021
87.4%
1.0%
2.6%
1.9%
0.4%
0.0%
6.7%
0.0%
2022
86.7%
2.5%
4.8%
2.1%
0.3%
0.0%
3.7%
0.0%
2023
89.9%
2.4%
4.1%
0.1%
0.3%
0.5%
2.7%
0.0%
2024
87.7%
4.8%
3.8%
2.0%
0.7%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2010 at 93.8% and lowest in 2016 at 85.8%. Overall it fell from 93.2% in 2009 to 87.7% in 2024, down 5.5 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Glades County: its share of workers rose from 1.3% in 2009 to 3.8% in 2024, up 2.5 percentage points.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.0% to 0.5% of workers (down 1.5 percentage points).
Working from home overtook public transit to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2014 release and has stayed ahead since.
Public transit peaked at 5.9% in 2012 and has since fallen back to 2.0%.
Commute Start Times in Glades County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Glades County?
The bars show when commuters in Glades 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 AMGlades County9.7%Florida4.7%
9.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMGlades County6.5%Florida3.5%
6.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMGlades County6.4%Florida4.0%
6.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMGlades County12.7%Florida9.1%
12.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMGlades County8.4%Florida8.9%
8.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMGlades County16.7%Florida15.1%
16.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMGlades County10.8%Florida10.6%
10.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMGlades County11.1%Florida13.1%
11.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMGlades County3.3%Florida5.8%
3.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMGlades County1.3%Florida8.0%
1.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMGlades County3.4%Florida3.5%
3.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMGlades County2.2%Florida1.5%
2.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMGlades County4.6%Florida6.3%
4.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMGlades County2.7%Florida5.9%
2.7%
Glades CountyFloridaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Glades County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Florida. Early starts are more common than in Florida: 22.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush looks much like Florida's: 47.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.4%) 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 Glades 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 Glades 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 Glades 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
Glades County
Florida
United States
2009
7:14 AM
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:13 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2011
6:58 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:04 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:11 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:07 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2015
6:56 AM
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:10 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:11 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:23 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:04 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2020
6:53 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2021
6:53 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2022
6:51 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:01 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:11 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Glades County were on the road by 7:11 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:14 AM). That goes against the trend across Florida, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Glades County now leave 27 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Glades County has moved 7 minutes later.
How does Glades County's commute time compare?
Metric
Glades County
Florida
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
22.2 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
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
3.8%
15.7%
15.0%
Walked
0.5%
1.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
2.0%
1.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Glades County is 22.2 minutes, shorter than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.
2.0% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.2% in Florida. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.
Glades County, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Glades County, FL is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 12,560 residents against a local median of 42,373. The measure that sets Glades County, FL apart most is work from home: 3.8%, 45% below the local median of 6.9%.
The counties themselves spread 10.8% on work from home, so Glades County, FL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Glades County, FL has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Glades County, Florida.
Is commuting expensive in Glades County, Florida?
Commuters here spend an estimated 185 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,741 at a typical national wage. That's 7% less than the typical Florida commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Glades County, Florida?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Glades County, Florida. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Which counties in Florida have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).