Commuting in Martin 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 Martin County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Martin County spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 197 hours, about 8.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% less time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 0.3 minutes.
Martin County holds about 0.7% of Florida's population and accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Martin County would save about 79 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,443 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)
Martin County
23.6 min
47.3 min
197 hrs/yr
$6,109
2,719
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
23.6
minutes to get to work in
Martin County.
That's 6% 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 15.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Martin County
Car:
80.5%
Worked at Home:
15.5%
Other:
1.7%
Walked:
1.3%
Bicycle:
0.5%
Public Transportation:
0.3%unusually low
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Martin County: 3.6 times less than the Florida average (0.3% vs 1.2%).
Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Martin County: 6.4 times less than the Florida average (0.1% vs 0.4%).
Commute Mode Trends in Martin County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Martin 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
Other
Walked
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
90.3%
5.6%
0.9%
1.5%
1.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
2010
90.4%
5.3%
1.1%
1.6%
1.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
2011
90.4%
6.0%
1.0%
0.9%
1.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
2012
90.1%
6.1%
0.9%
1.5%
0.8%
0.3%
0.1%
0.3%
2013
89.3%
6.3%
1.0%
1.9%
0.8%
0.3%
0.0%
0.4%
2014
88.4%
7.4%
1.0%
1.8%
0.6%
0.3%
0.0%
0.4%
2015
87.8%
7.8%
1.1%
1.7%
0.8%
0.3%
0.0%
0.4%
2016
87.8%
7.8%
1.3%
1.5%
0.9%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
2017
87.7%
8.4%
1.4%
1.3%
0.7%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
2018
87.3%
8.9%
1.5%
1.1%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
2019
88.3%
8.4%
1.2%
0.9%
0.8%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2020
87.1%
9.7%
1.1%
0.8%
0.7%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2021
85.7%
10.8%
1.4%
1.0%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2022
83.5%
12.6%
1.6%
1.1%
0.7%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
2023
82.6%
13.7%
1.7%
1.0%
0.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
2024
80.5%
15.5%
1.7%
1.3%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2010 at 90.4%. Overall it fell from 90.3% in 2009 to 80.5% in 2024, down 9.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Martin County: its share of workers rose from 5.6% in 2009 to 15.5% in 2024, up 9.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Biking lost the most ground, falling from 1.2% to 0.5% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Martin County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Martin County?
The bars show when commuters in Martin 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 AMMartin County2.4%Florida4.7%
2.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMMartin County3.8%Florida3.5%
3.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMMartin County5.3%Florida4.0%
5.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMMartin County7.8%Florida9.1%
7.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMMartin County10.6%Florida8.9%
10.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMMartin County14.8%Florida15.1%
14.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMMartin County11.7%Florida10.6%
11.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMMartin County12.8%Florida13.1%
12.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMMartin County6.0%Florida5.8%
6.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMMartin County8.6%Florida8.0%
8.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMMartin County3.9%Florida3.5%
3.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMMartin County1.9%Florida1.5%
1.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMMartin County5.2%Florida6.3%
5.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMMartin County5.3%Florida5.9%
5.3%
Martin CountyFloridaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Martin County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Florida. Early starts are about as common as in Florida: 11.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Florida: 49.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.9%) 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 Martin 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 Martin 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 Martin 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
Martin County
Florida
United States
2009
7:45 AM
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:46 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:50 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:49 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:48 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:44 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:45 AM
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:42 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:42 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:41 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:41 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:39 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:40 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:43 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:42 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:44 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Martin County were on the road by 7:44 AM, 1 minute earlier than in 2009 (7:45 AM). That goes against the trend across Florida, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Martin County now leave 6 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 Martin County has moved 2 minutes later.
How does Martin County's commute time compare?
Metric
Martin County
Florida
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
23.6 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
15.5%
15.7%
15.0%
Walked
1.3%
1.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
1.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Martin County is about the same as in Florida.
0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 1.3% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.
Martin County, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Martin County, FL is typical in size for this group, 160,388 residents against a local median of 166,866, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Where Martin County, FL breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 28% above the local median of 12.1% at 15.5%.
The counties themselves spread 11.6% on work from home, so Martin County, FL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Martin County, FL has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Martin County, Florida.
Is living in Martin County, Florida good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 197 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,109 at a typical national wage. That's 1% less than the typical Florida commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Martin County, Florida?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Martin County, 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.
Do people use public transit in Martin County, Florida?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.3% 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).