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Commuting in Lakeside, 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 Lakeside: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lakeside spend about 62 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 259 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 7.1 minutes.

Lakeside holds about 0.1% of Florida's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Lakeside would save about 103 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,208 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)
Lakeside 31.0 min 62.1 min 259 hrs/yr $8,021 5,722
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.

Lakeside Commute Map

On average, it takes 31.0 minutes to get to work in Lakeside. That's 39% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 13.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lakeside

  • Car: 83.5%
  • Worked at Home: 13.7%
  • Other: 1.5%
  • Walked: 0.7%
  • Taxi: 0.3%
  • Bicycle: 0.2%
  • Motorcycle: 0.1%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in Lakeside: 4171308.9 times less than the Florida average (0.0% vs 1.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Lakeside, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lakeside 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 Walked Taxi Bicycle Motorcycle Public Transportation
2009 92.6% 5.3% 0.7% 0.4% 0.0% 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
2010 92.6% 3.9% 1.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.5% 0.6% 0.6%
2011 92.4% 3.5% 1.5% 0.6% 0.0% 0.7% 0.8% 0.6%
2012 92.8% 3.8% 1.1% 0.5% 0.0% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6%
2013 94.4% 3.0% 1.2% 0.5% 0.0% 0.5% 0.2% 0.2%
2014 94.7% 2.5% 1.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.7% 0.3% 0.1%
2015 93.9% 2.9% 0.7% 1.9% 0.0% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
2016 93.3% 3.2% 0.7% 2.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
2017 92.7% 3.1% 0.8% 2.8% 0.0% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0%
2018 91.8% 3.5% 0.6% 3.5% 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
2019 92.6% 3.6% 0.5% 2.9% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
2020 88.8% 7.3% 0.4% 1.6% 1.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2%
2021 88.1% 9.4% 0.6% 1.5% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2%
2022 86.2% 11.0% 1.1% 1.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.3%
2023 84.0% 13.2% 1.4% 0.9% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0%
2024 83.5% 13.7% 1.5% 0.7% 0.3% 0.2% 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 2014 at 94.7%. Overall it fell from 92.6% in 2009 to 83.5% in 2024, down 9.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Lakeside: its share of workers rose from 5.3% in 2009 to 13.7% in 2024, up 8.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 10.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 4th most common choice in the 2013 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 3.5% in 2018 and has since fallen back to 0.7%.

Commute Start Times in Lakeside

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lakeside?

The bars show when commuters in Lakeside 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
6.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
3.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
16.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
10.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
13.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
8.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
8.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
3.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
5.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
5.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
7.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
6.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Lakeside is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 16.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.1% across Florida. Early starts are more common than in Florida: 15.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Florida: 40.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.8%) 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 Lakeside, 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 Lakeside 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 Lakeside 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 Lakeside Florida United States
2009 7:21 AM 7:41 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:24 AM 7:43 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:31 AM 7:44 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:37 AM 7:46 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:37 AM 7:47 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:37 AM 7:47 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:30 AM 7:47 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:27 AM 7:46 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:26 AM 7:45 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:21 AM 7:44 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:21 AM 7:43 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:21 AM 7:43 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:21 AM 7:43 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:16 AM 7:44 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:15 AM 7:44 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:18 AM 7:43 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lakeside were on the road by 7:18 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:21 AM). That goes against the trend across Florida, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Lakeside now leave 20 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 Lakeside has moved 3 minutes earlier.

How does Lakeside's commute time compare?

Metric Lakeside Florida US Average
Avg. Commute Time 31.0 min 24.0 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 06:00 AM – 06:29 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 13.7% 15.7% 15.0%
Walked 0.7% 1.4% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.2% 3.2%

The average commute time in Lakeside is 31.0 minutes, longer than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Lakeside, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Lakeside, FL compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Lakeside, FL 29,908 31.0 min #2/3 13.7% #3/3 7:18 AM #2/3
Fleming Island, FL 29,665 26.8 min 21.9% 7:37 AM
Oakleaf Plantation, FL 28,270 32.9 min 20.8% 7:11 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Lakeside, Florida.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Lakeside, Florida?

Commuters here spend an estimated 259 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,021 at a typical national wage. That's 30% more than the typical Florida commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Lakeside, Florida?

Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Lakeside, 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.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Lakeside, 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.