Commuting in Madison 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 Madison County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Madison County spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 179 hours, about 7.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 10% less time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 2.5 minutes.
Madison 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 Madison County would save about 72 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,221 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)
Madison County
21.5 min
43.0 min
179 hrs/yr
$5,552
475
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.
On average, it takes
21.5
minutes to get to work in
Madison County.
That's 4% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 80% of counties in Florida
The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Madison County
Car:
90.4%
Worked at Home:
4.7%unusually low
Walked:
2.2%
Other:
1.7%
Bicycle:
0.6%
Motorcycle:
0.3%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Madison County: 23.5 times less than the Florida average (0.1% vs 1.2%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Madison County, versus 0.4% in Florida.
Working from home is unusually rare in Madison County: 3.3 times less than the Florida average (4.7% vs 15.7%).
Commute Mode Trends in Madison County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Madison 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
Motorcycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
2009
89.1%
1.9%
2.4%
5.7%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.5%
2010
89.5%
2.1%
1.5%
6.1%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.4%
2011
88.2%
3.2%
2.4%
5.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.4%
2012
87.8%
2.8%
2.9%
5.5%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.4%
2013
87.2%
2.9%
4.0%
5.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
86.1%
3.6%
4.9%
5.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
87.2%
3.6%
5.0%
4.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
90.6%
2.9%
3.5%
2.6%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
91.8%
2.9%
3.1%
1.8%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
91.5%
2.6%
2.4%
2.7%
0.2%
0.2%
0.5%
0.0%
2019
93.4%
2.3%
1.0%
2.2%
0.3%
0.2%
0.7%
0.0%
2020
95.4%
1.7%
0.7%
1.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.7%
0.0%
2021
95.2%
2.0%
0.2%
1.7%
0.0%
0.2%
0.7%
0.0%
2022
94.0%
2.7%
0.4%
1.5%
0.2%
0.2%
1.1%
0.0%
2023
93.1%
3.8%
1.6%
1.1%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
90.4%
4.7%
2.2%
1.7%
0.6%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2020 at 95.4% and lowest in 2014 at 86.1%. Overall it rose from 89.1% in 2009 to 90.4% in 2024, up 1.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Madison County: its share of workers rose from 1.9% in 2009 to 4.7% in 2024, up 2.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Taking a taxi lost the most ground, falling from 0.5% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.
Walking peaked at 5.0% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 2.2%.
Commute Start Times in Madison County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Madison County?
The bars show when commuters in Madison 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
12:00-4:59 AMMadison County8.3%Florida4.7%
8.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMMadison County4.1%Florida3.5%
4.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMMadison County3.2%Florida4.0%
3.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMMadison County13.2%Florida9.1%
13.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMMadison County17.0%Florida8.9%
17.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMMadison County10.5%Florida15.1%
10.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMMadison County13.0%Florida10.6%
13.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMMadison County8.8%Florida13.1%
8.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMMadison County4.8%Florida5.8%
4.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMMadison County0.8%Florida8.0%
0.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMMadison County1.3%Florida3.5%
1.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMMadison County0.5%Florida1.5%
0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMMadison County7.1%Florida6.3%
7.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMMadison County7.5%Florida5.9%
7.5%
Madison CountyFloridaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Madison County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 17.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.9% across Florida. Early starts are more common than in Florida: 15.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush looks much like Florida's: 49.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.2%) 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 Madison 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 Madison 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 Madison 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
Madison County
Florida
United States
2009
7:29 AM
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:30 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:28 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:31 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:30 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:27 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:18 AM
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:23 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:23 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:16 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:13 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:15 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:09 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:05 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:03 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:12 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Madison County were on the road by 7:12 AM, 17 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:29 AM). That goes against the trend across Florida, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Madison County now leave 26 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does Madison County's commute time compare?
Metric
Madison County
Florida
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
21.5 min
24.0 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
06:30 AM – 06:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
4.7%
15.7%
15.0%
Walked
2.2%
1.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
1.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Madison County is 21.5 minutes, shorter than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 2.2% commute by walking, higher than the 1.4% in Florida.
Madison County, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Madison County, FL is typical in size for this group, 18,089 residents against a local median of 16,293, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. The measure that sets Madison County, FL apart most is work from home: 4.7%, 27% below the local median of 6.5%.
The counties themselves spread 2.8% on work from home, so Madison County, FL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Madison County, FL has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Madison County, Florida.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Madison County, Florida?
Commuters here spend an estimated 179 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,552 at a typical national wage. That's 10% less than the typical Florida commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Madison County, Florida?
Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Madison County, Florida. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Madison County, Florida?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 1.2% in Florida, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
How do commute times compare across counties in Florida?
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).