Miami Lakes Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Miami Lakes, 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 Miami Lakes: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Miami Lakes 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.

Miami Lakes 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 Miami Lakes would save about 104 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,210 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)
Miami Lakes	31.1 min	62.1 min	259 hrs/yr	$8,026	6,036
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.

Miami Lakes Commute Map

On average, it takes 31.1 minutes to get to work in Miami Lakes. That's 39% 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 12.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Miami Lakes

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Miami Lakes: 3.0 times less than the Florida average (0.1% vs 0.2%).

Biking is unusually rare in Miami Lakes: 32076.4 times less than the Florida average (0.0% vs 0.5%).

Commute Mode Trends in Miami Lakes, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Miami Lakes 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	Walked	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	92.4%	3.9%	1.7%	0.5%	1.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	90.2%	5.6%	1.8%	0.9%	1.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	89.7%	7.2%	1.5%	0.8%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	89.6%	7.8%	1.3%	1.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	89.9%	7.4%	1.1%	0.9%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2014	90.5%	7.5%	0.7%	0.5%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2015	91.8%	6.4%	0.8%	0.1%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2016	92.8%	4.8%	1.2%	0.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2017	91.7%	5.4%	1.3%	0.4%	0.8%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2018	90.5%	7.0%	1.3%	0.8%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	90.7%	6.7%	1.6%	0.7%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	88.3%	7.5%	2.9%	0.7%	0.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	88.0%	8.5%	1.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	86.4%	10.2%	1.7%	0.9%	0.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	84.5%	11.8%	1.8%	0.9%	0.6%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	84.4%	12.2%	1.3%	0.8%	0.7%	0.5%	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 2016 at 92.8%. Overall it fell from 92.4% in 2009 to 84.4% in 2024, down 8.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Miami Lakes: its share of workers rose from 3.9% in 2009 to 12.2% in 2024, up 8.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit peaked at 2.9% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 1.3%.

Commute Start Times in Miami Lakes

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Miami Lakes?

The bars show when commuters in Miami Lakes 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		4.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		1.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		14.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		15.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		7.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		5.9%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.1%
4:00-11:59 PM		1.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Miami Lakes is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Florida. Early starts are less common than in Florida: 8.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Florida: 52.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.1%) 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 Miami Lakes, 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 Miami Lakes 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 Miami Lakes 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	Miami Lakes	Florida	United States
2009	7:44 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:51 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:51 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:58 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:01 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:57 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:53 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:52 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:42 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:47 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:52 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:03 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:58 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:57 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:44 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:47 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Miami Lakes were on the road by 7:47 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:44 AM). Florida followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes later. Commuters in Miami Lakes now leave 9 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 Miami Lakes has moved 5 minutes earlier.

How does Miami Lakes's commute time compare?

Metric	Miami Lakes	Florida	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	31.1 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	12.2%	15.7%	15.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.3%	1.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Miami Lakes is 31.1 minutes, longer than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.

1.3% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.2% in Florida. 0.8% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Miami Lakes, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Miami Lakes, FL is the 3rd largest of the 4 cities compared here, 28,041 residents against a local median of 52,206. Where Miami Lakes, FL breaks from the cities next to it is work from home, sitting 18% above the local median of 10.3% at 12.2%.

The cities themselves spread 3.2% on work from home, so Miami Lakes, FL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Miami Lakes, FL has the 2nd highest work from home of the 4 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Miami Lakes, FL	28,041	31.1 min #3/4	12.2% #2/4	7:47 AM #4/4
Country Club, FL	52,206	31.9 min	10.1%	7:33 AM
Hialeah Gardens, FL	23,649	31.0 min	10.3%	7:14 AM
Hialeah, FL	225,005	28.3 min	13.3%	7:24 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Miami Lakes, Florida.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Miami Lakes, Florida?

Commuters here spend an estimated 259 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,026 at a typical national wage. That's 30% more than the typical Florida commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Miami Lakes, Florida?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Miami Lakes, 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.