Lauderhill Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Lauderhill, 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 Lauderhill: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lauderhill spend about 58 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 241 hours, about 10.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 21% more time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 4.9 minutes.

Lauderhill holds about 0.3% of Florida's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Lauderhill would save about 96 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,987 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)
Lauderhill	28.9 min	57.8 min	241 hrs/yr	$7,467	5,800
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.

Lauderhill Commute Map

On average, it takes 28.9 minutes to get to work in Lauderhill. That's 29% 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 9.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lauderhill

Walking is unusually rare in Lauderhill: 3.3 times less than the Florida average (0.4% vs 1.4%).

Public transit is unusually common in Lauderhill: 4.3 times more than the Florida average (5.1% vs 1.2%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Lauderhill: just 0.6%, 3.0 times below the Florida average of 1.9%.

Commute Mode Trends in Lauderhill, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lauderhill 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	Public Transportation	Other	Taxi	Walked	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	86.3%	2.5%	8.1%	0.8%	0.1%	1.5%	0.1%	0.5%
2010	86.6%	3.1%	7.4%	0.8%	0.1%	1.4%	0.1%	0.4%
2011	88.0%	2.8%	6.8%	0.6%	0.0%	1.4%	0.1%	0.3%
2012	86.8%	3.0%	7.3%	1.0%	0.0%	1.6%	0.1%	0.2%
2013	88.2%	2.8%	6.1%	1.2%	0.0%	1.5%	0.1%	0.2%
2014	87.9%	2.5%	6.7%	1.1%	0.0%	1.6%	0.1%	0.1%
2015	87.4%	2.7%	7.2%	1.1%	0.0%	1.5%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	86.6%	3.0%	7.2%	1.1%	0.1%	1.6%	0.3%	0.1%
2017	87.0%	3.0%	7.3%	1.2%	0.0%	1.1%	0.2%	0.2%
2018	87.3%	2.9%	6.5%	1.6%	0.2%	1.1%	0.2%	0.2%
2019	88.3%	2.7%	5.7%	1.4%	0.6%	0.6%	0.3%	0.4%
2020	88.2%	3.1%	5.7%	1.3%	0.5%	0.5%	0.2%	0.4%
2021	87.2%	4.0%	5.9%	1.6%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
2022	86.3%	5.4%	5.7%	1.3%	0.6%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%
2023	85.4%	6.4%	5.4%	1.4%	0.5%	0.4%	0.2%	0.3%
2024	82.8%	9.4%	5.1%	1.5%	0.4%	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 88.3%. Overall it fell from 86.3% in 2009 to 82.8% in 2024, down 3.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Lauderhill: its share of workers rose from 2.5% in 2009 to 9.4% in 2024, up 6.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 8.1% to 5.1% of workers (down 3.0 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Lauderhill

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lauderhill?

The bars show when commuters in Lauderhill 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		7.4%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.2%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.6%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.9%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.1%
7:30-7:59 AM		10.3%
8:00-8:29 AM		14.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.1%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.9%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.8%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM		8.2%
4:00-11:59 PM		7.2%

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

The busiest time to head out in Lauderhill is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 14.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.1% across Florida. Early starts are more common than in Florida: 14.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Florida: 44.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.2%) 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 Lauderhill, 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 Lauderhill 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 Lauderhill 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	Lauderhill	Florida	United States
2009	7:46 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:47 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:51 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:53 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:51 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:53 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:58 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:56 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:50 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:48 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:44 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:46 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:47 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:56 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:53 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:49 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lauderhill were on the road by 7:49 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:46 AM). Florida followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes later. Commuters in Lauderhill 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 Lauderhill has moved 5 minutes later.

How does Lauderhill's commute time compare?

Metric	Lauderhill	Florida	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	28.9 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	9.4%	15.7%	15.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	5.1%	1.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Lauderhill is 28.9 minutes, longer than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.

5.1% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.2% in Florida. 0.4% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Lauderhill, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Lauderhill, FL is the 2nd largest of the 4 cities compared here, 73,979 residents against a local median of 43,820. The measure that sets Lauderhill, FL apart most is work from home: 9.4%, 30% above the local median of 7.2%.

The cities themselves spread 12.9% on work from home, so Lauderhill, FL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Lauderhill, FL has the 2nd highest work from home of the 4 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Lauderhill, FL	73,979	28.9 min #4/4	9.4% #2/4	7:49 AM #2/4
Lauderdale Lakes, FL	35,781	25.4 min	4.7%	7:54 AM
North Lauderdale, FL	43,820	28.0 min	7.2%	7:33 AM
Plantation, FL	96,427	25.4 min	17.6%	8:05 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Lauderhill, Florida.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 241 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,467 at a typical national wage. That's 21% more than the typical Florida commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Lauderhill, Florida?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Lauderhill, 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 Lauderhill, Florida?

Public transit usage is notably higher here than typical: about 5.1% of commuters use it versus 1.2% in Florida, making it a realistic option for many workers.