Jefferson County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Jefferson County spend about 62 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 260 hours, about 10.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 30% more time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 7.3 minutes.

Jefferson 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 Jefferson County would save about 104 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,228 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)
Jefferson County	31.2 min	62.5 min	260 hrs/yr	$8,070	418
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

Jefferson County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 31.2 minutes to get to work in Jefferson County. That's 39% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 91% 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 6.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Jefferson County

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Jefferson County, versus 0.2% in Florida.

Public transit is unusually rare in Jefferson County: 5.3 times less than the Florida average (0.2% vs 1.2%).

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

Commute Mode Trends in Jefferson County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Jefferson 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	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	91.1%	4.3%	1.6%	1.4%	0.0%	1.5%	0.0%	0.1%
2010	93.2%	3.8%	1.3%	1.1%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%
2011	94.7%	3.7%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%
2012	93.3%	4.6%	0.8%	0.8%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	91.9%	5.9%	1.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	92.8%	5.4%	1.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	93.2%	5.1%	1.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	93.3%	5.2%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	94.8%	4.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	95.8%	3.1%	0.3%	0.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	94.7%	4.1%	0.3%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	94.5%	4.3%	0.4%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	93.0%	5.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	93.3%	5.1%	0.7%	0.5%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	90.4%	6.2%	1.6%	1.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	90.9%	6.3%	1.5%	0.8%	0.3%	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 was highest in 2018 at 95.8% and lowest in 2023 at 90.4%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 91.1% in 2009 and 90.9% in 2024. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Jefferson County: its share of workers rose from 4.3% in 2009 to 6.3% in 2024, up 2.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.5% to 0.2% of workers (down 1.3 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Jefferson County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Jefferson County?

The bars show when commuters in Jefferson 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		5.4%
5:00-5:29 AM		1.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		19.2%
7:30-7:59 AM		15.2%
8:00-8:29 AM		15.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.9%
10:00-10:59 AM		0.7%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		3.5%
4:00-11:59 PM		2.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Jefferson County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Florida. Early starts are less common than in Florida: 10.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Florida: 58.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (15.5%) 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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	Jefferson County	Florida	United States
2009	7:23 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:16 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:14 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:15 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:16 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:15 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:20 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:19 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:18 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:15 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:13 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:12 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:14 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:14 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:23 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:32 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Jefferson County were on the road by 7:32 AM, 10 minutes later than in 2009 (7:23 AM). The shift is sharper than across Florida, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Jefferson County now leave 5 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 Jefferson County has moved 20 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Jefferson County in the whole series.

How does Jefferson County's commute time compare?

Metric	Jefferson County	Florida	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	31.2 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	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	6.3%	15.7%	15.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	1.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Jefferson County is 31.2 minutes, longer than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 1.5% commute by walking, higher than the 1.4% in Florida.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Jefferson County, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Jefferson County, FL is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 15,091 residents against a local median of 35,387. Where Jefferson County, FL breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 66% above the local median of 18.8 min at 31.2 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 6.3% against a local median of 7.8%, 20% below it. The counties themselves spread 18.1 min on one-way commute, so Jefferson County, FL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Jefferson County, FL has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Jefferson County, FL	15,091	31.2 min #5/6	6.3% #5/6	7:32 AM #5/6
Leon County, FL	297,542	18.8 min	14.2%	7:55 AM
Madison County, FL	18,089	21.5 min	4.7%	7:12 AM
Thomas County, GA	45,777	16.5 min	7.8%	7:31 AM
Taylor County, FL	21,503	13.8 min	8.0%	7:24 AM
Wakulla County, FL	35,387	31.9 min	7.6%	7:24 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Jefferson County, Florida.

Is commuting expensive in Jefferson County, Florida?

Commuters here spend an estimated 260 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,070 at a typical national wage. That's 30% more than the typical Florida commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Jefferson County, Florida?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Jefferson 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.

Do people use public transit in Jefferson County, Florida?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% of commuters use it versus 1.2% in Florida, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

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).