Greenacres Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Greenacres, 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 Greenacres: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Greenacres spend about 55 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 230 hours, about 9.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 15% more time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 3.7 minutes.

Greenacres holds about 0.2% of Florida's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Greenacres would save about 92 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,855 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)
Greenacres	27.6 min	55.3 min	230 hrs/yr	$7,137	7,562
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.

Greenacres Commute Map

On average, it takes 27.6 minutes to get to work in Greenacres. That's 23% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 5.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Greenacres

Commute Mode Trends in Greenacres, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Greenacres 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	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Walked	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	93.5%	2.2%	0.8%	0.8%	1.0%	1.4%	0.2%	0.3%
2010	94.3%	2.0%	0.6%	0.5%	0.8%	1.1%	0.3%	0.5%
2011	94.6%	1.6%	0.6%	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%	0.1%	0.3%
2012	94.0%	1.4%	0.7%	1.7%	0.8%	1.1%	0.1%	0.2%
2013	94.1%	1.4%	0.6%	1.9%	0.4%	1.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2014	93.7%	1.2%	1.1%	1.6%	0.7%	1.3%	0.1%	0.3%
2015	94.3%	1.2%	1.0%	1.1%	0.6%	1.7%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	93.5%	1.5%	1.3%	1.5%	0.6%	1.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2017	94.0%	1.7%	1.2%	1.2%	0.7%	1.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2018	92.2%	1.9%	1.9%	1.9%	0.9%	0.8%	0.1%	0.3%
2019	92.4%	2.2%	1.8%	2.0%	0.3%	0.8%	0.3%	0.3%
2020	91.7%	2.7%	2.0%	1.8%	0.4%	0.6%	0.5%	0.3%
2021	91.2%	3.7%	1.7%	1.8%	0.5%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%
2022	91.1%	4.2%	1.8%	1.5%	0.5%	0.3%	0.4%	0.2%
2023	90.7%	4.8%	1.5%	1.4%	0.4%	0.5%	0.5%	0.2%
2024	90.2%	5.4%	1.4%	1.3%	0.7%	0.5%	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 2011 at 94.6%. Overall it fell from 93.5% in 2009 to 90.2% in 2024, down 3.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Greenacres: its share of workers rose from 2.2% in 2009 to 5.4% in 2024, up 3.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.4% to 0.5% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).

Public transit overtook biking to become the 4th most common choice in the 2012 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Greenacres

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Greenacres?

The bars show when commuters in Greenacres 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		3.6%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		16.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.5%
8:00-8:29 AM		17.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.2%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.6%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Greenacres is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 17.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.1% across Florida. Early starts are less common than in Florida: 10.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Florida: 53.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.1%) 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 Greenacres, 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 Greenacres 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 Greenacres 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	Greenacres	Florida	United States
2009	7:27 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:32 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:28 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:35 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:34 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:33 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:34 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:35 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:35 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:40 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:42 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:41 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:45 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:46 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:49 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:49 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Greenacres were on the road by 7:49 AM, 22 minutes later than in 2009 (7:27 AM). The shift is sharper than across Florida, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Greenacres now leave 11 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 Greenacres has moved 7 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Greenacres in the whole series.

How does Greenacres's commute time compare?

Metric	Greenacres	Florida	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	27.6 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	5.4%	15.7%	15.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.3%	1.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Greenacres is 27.6 minutes, longer than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.

1.3% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.2% in Florida. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Greenacres, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Greenacres, FL compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Greenacres, FL	41,954	27.6 min #2/2	5.4% #1/2	7:49 AM #2/2
Palm Springs, FL	30,360	23.9 min	5.2%	7:20 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Greenacres, Florida.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 230 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,137 at a typical national wage. That's 15% more than the typical Florida commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Greenacres, 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.