Indian River County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Indian River County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Indian River County spend about 38 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 158 hours, about 6.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 21% less time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 5.0 minutes.

Indian River County holds about 0.7% of Florida's population but accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Indian River County would save about 63 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,955 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)
Indian River County	18.9 min	37.8 min	158 hrs/yr	$4,888	2,198
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

Taylor County (13.8 min)
Monroe County (16.1 min)
Franklin County (16.6 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Florida

Washington County (32.8 min)
Osceola County (32.3 min)
Liberty County (32.1 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Indian River County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 18.9 minutes to get to work in Indian River County. That's 16% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 89% of counties in Florida

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 13.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Indian River County

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

Commute Mode Trends in Indian River County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Indian River 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	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Walked	Motorcycle	Taxi
2009	92.4%	3.7%	1.2%	0.3%	0.7%	1.3%	0.4%	0.0%
2010	92.3%	3.8%	1.2%	0.4%	0.7%	1.1%	0.4%	0.0%
2011	92.1%	3.7%	1.2%	0.5%	0.8%	1.2%	0.4%	0.0%
2012	92.6%	3.8%	0.6%	0.4%	0.8%	1.2%	0.5%	0.0%
2013	92.4%	4.5%	0.8%	0.5%	0.4%	1.0%	0.4%	0.1%
2014	91.9%	4.7%	0.8%	0.3%	0.5%	1.2%	0.5%	0.0%
2015	91.0%	5.7%	0.9%	0.3%	0.4%	1.1%	0.5%	0.1%
2016	90.3%	6.5%	0.9%	0.5%	0.3%	0.9%	0.5%	0.1%
2017	89.3%	7.6%	1.0%	0.4%	0.4%	0.9%	0.4%	0.1%
2018	89.1%	7.4%	1.0%	0.3%	0.4%	1.0%	0.6%	0.0%
2019	89.0%	7.7%	0.7%	0.4%	0.8%	0.8%	0.6%	0.0%
2020	88.0%	8.6%	1.1%	0.4%	0.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.0%
2021	87.2%	9.7%	1.0%	0.3%	0.7%	0.7%	0.3%	0.0%
2022	85.1%	10.9%	1.5%	0.6%	1.0%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%
2023	84.4%	11.8%	1.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%
2024	83.0%	13.6%	1.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2012 at 92.6%. Overall it fell from 92.4% in 2009 to 83.0% in 2024, down 9.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 12 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Indian River County: its share of workers rose from 3.7% in 2009 to 13.6% in 2024, up 9.9 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.3% to 0.6% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Public transit overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 4th most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Indian River County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Indian River County?

The bars show when commuters in Indian River 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		2.5%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.2%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.2%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.3%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.8%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.2%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.7%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		8.7%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.9%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Indian River County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Florida. Early starts are less common than in Florida: 8.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Florida: 51.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.4%) 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 Indian River 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 Indian River 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 Indian River 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	Indian River County	Florida	United States
2009	7:49 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:48 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:48 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:49 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:47 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:47 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:44 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:42 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:44 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:45 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:43 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:49 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	7:49 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Indian River County were on the road by 7:49 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Florida, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Indian River County 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 Indian River County has moved 6 minutes later.

How does Indian River County's commute time compare?

Metric	Indian River County	Florida	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.9 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	13.6%	15.7%	15.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.6%	1.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Indian River County is 18.9 minutes, shorter than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.

0.6% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 0.6% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Indian River County, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Indian River County, FL is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 166,866 residents against a local median of 360,498. Indian River County, FL's one-way commute, at 18.9 min, runs 20% below the 23.6 min typical of the counties around it. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 13.5 min on one-way commute, so Indian River County, FL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Indian River County, FL has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Indian River County, FL	166,866	18.9 min #2/6	13.6% #3/6	7:49 AM #6/6
St. Lucie County, FL	360,498	26.2 min	12.1%	7:33 AM
Okeechobee County, FL	40,816	18.7 min	6.6%	7:18 AM
Brevard County, FL	628,683	22.5 min	14.6%	7:35 AM
Martin County, FL	160,388	23.6 min	15.5%	7:44 AM
Osceola County, FL	427,393	32.3 min	13.3%	7:32 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Indian River County, Florida.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 158 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,888 at a typical national wage. That's 21% less than the typical Florida commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Indian River County, 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.

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).