Commuting in Margate, 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 Margate: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Margate spend about 60 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 251 hours, about 10.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 26% more time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 6.2 minutes.
Margate holds about 0.3% of Florida's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Margate would save about 100 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,113 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)
Margate
30.1 min
60.3 min
251 hrs/yr
$7,784
5,505
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.
Margate Commute Map
On average, it takes
30.1
minutes to get to work in
Margate.
That's 34% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Margate
Car:
82.6%
Worked at Home:
10.3%
Public Transportation:
2.8%
Other:
2.2%
Walked:
1.3%
Taxi:
0.5%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Biking is unusually rare in Margate: 9.2 times less than the Florida average (0.1% vs 0.5%).
Commute Mode Trends in Margate, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Margate 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
Walked
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
93.6%
2.3%
2.4%
0.8%
0.5%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2010
92.9%
2.2%
2.6%
1.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
2011
92.8%
2.0%
3.1%
0.8%
0.6%
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
2012
93.5%
1.7%
2.3%
0.8%
1.0%
0.0%
0.3%
0.4%
2013
92.6%
1.7%
2.6%
0.9%
1.6%
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
2014
91.9%
2.1%
3.0%
1.0%
1.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.4%
2015
92.1%
2.2%
2.9%
1.1%
1.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2016
92.7%
2.3%
2.1%
1.2%
1.0%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
2017
92.2%
3.1%
1.8%
1.3%
0.8%
0.2%
0.1%
0.4%
2018
92.2%
3.7%
1.7%
1.0%
0.7%
0.3%
0.1%
0.4%
2019
90.4%
3.4%
2.6%
1.2%
1.4%
0.4%
0.1%
0.5%
2020
88.5%
4.4%
3.3%
1.7%
1.0%
0.7%
0.1%
0.4%
2021
86.3%
6.3%
3.3%
2.0%
1.1%
0.5%
0.1%
0.4%
2022
84.5%
7.9%
3.7%
1.9%
1.1%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
2023
83.4%
9.8%
3.3%
1.6%
1.0%
0.6%
0.1%
0.2%
2024
82.6%
10.3%
2.8%
2.2%
1.3%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 93.6% in 2009 to 82.6% in 2024, down 11.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Margate: its share of workers rose from 2.3% in 2009 to 10.3% in 2024, up 8.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2016 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Margate
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Margate?
The bars show when commuters in Margate 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 AMMargate5.1%Florida4.7%
5.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMMargate1.7%Florida3.5%
1.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMMargate2.5%Florida4.0%
2.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMMargate8.8%Florida9.1%
8.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMMargate10.1%Florida8.9%
10.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMMargate16.4%Florida15.1%
16.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMMargate8.6%Florida10.6%
8.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMMargate13.7%Florida13.1%
13.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMMargate5.9%Florida5.8%
5.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMMargate8.1%Florida8.0%
8.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMMargate4.6%Florida3.5%
4.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMMargate1.0%Florida1.5%
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMMargate5.7%Florida6.3%
5.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMMargate7.5%Florida5.9%
7.5%
MargateFloridaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Margate is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Florida. Early starts are less common than in Florida: 9.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush looks much like Florida's: 48.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.1%) 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 Margate, 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 Margate 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 Margate 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
Margate
Florida
United States
2009
7:41 AM
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:47 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:56 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:58 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:59 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2014
8:04 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:58 AM
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:51 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:49 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:42 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:37 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:37 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:41 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:47 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:49 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:49 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Margate were on the road by 7:49 AM, 8 minutes later than in 2009 (7:41 AM). The shift is sharper than across Florida, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Margate 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 Margate has moved 11 minutes later.
How does Margate's commute time compare?
Metric
Margate
Florida
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
30.1 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
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
10.3%
15.7%
15.0%
Walked
1.3%
1.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
2.8%
1.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Margate is 30.1 minutes, longer than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.
2.8% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.2% in Florida. 1.3% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.
Margate, FL is typical in size for this group, 58,812 residents against a local median of 57,412, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Where Margate, FL breaks from the cities next to it is work from home, sitting 17% below the local median of 12.4% at 10.3%.
The cities themselves spread 10.0% on work from home, so Margate, FL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Margate, FL has the 4th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Margate, Florida.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Margate, Florida?
Commuters here spend an estimated 251 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,784 at a typical national wage. That's 26% more than the typical Florida commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Margate, Florida?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Margate, Florida. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.