New Smyrna Beach Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in New Smyrna Beach, 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 New Smyrna Beach: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in New Smyrna Beach spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 196 hours, about 8.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 2% less time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 0.4 minutes.

New Smyrna Beach 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 New Smyrna Beach would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,430 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)
New Smyrna Beach	23.5 min	47.0 min	196 hrs/yr	$6,074	3,061
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.

New Smyrna Beach Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.5 minutes to get to work in New Smyrna Beach. That's 5% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 20.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in New Smyrna Beach

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in New Smyrna Beach: 5.5 times more than the Florida average (1.0% vs 0.2%).

Public transit is unusually rare in New Smyrna Beach: 7.0 times less than the Florida average (0.2% vs 1.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in New Smyrna Beach, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in New Smyrna Beach 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	Motorcycle	Other	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Taxi
2009	90.7%	4.3%	1.9%	0.7%	1.7%	0.1%	0.5%	0.1%
2010	89.4%	5.1%	2.6%	0.6%	1.6%	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%
2011	89.5%	5.1%	2.5%	0.7%	1.6%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%
2012	89.2%	5.9%	1.1%	0.7%	2.0%	0.6%	0.5%	0.0%
2013	88.9%	5.9%	1.0%	0.8%	2.2%	0.8%	0.4%	0.0%
2014	88.4%	6.9%	1.1%	0.6%	1.8%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2015	87.9%	7.8%	0.6%	0.4%	1.4%	1.7%	0.2%	0.0%
2016	85.3%	9.6%	1.3%	0.4%	1.6%	1.7%	0.2%	0.0%
2017	86.1%	8.7%	1.5%	0.3%	1.7%	1.6%	0.1%	0.0%
2018	82.8%	12.2%	1.5%	0.3%	1.3%	1.8%	0.1%	0.0%
2019	82.0%	12.8%	1.8%	0.3%	1.0%	1.8%	0.4%	0.0%
2020	80.3%	15.6%	1.7%	0.3%	0.9%	0.8%	0.4%	0.0%
2021	79.2%	17.5%	0.9%	0.3%	1.2%	0.7%	0.4%	0.0%
2022	78.6%	18.5%	0.8%	0.4%	0.9%	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%
2023	77.7%	18.3%	0.9%	1.5%	0.8%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%
2024	75.9%	20.7%	1.1%	1.0%	0.7%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 90.7% in 2009 to 75.9% in 2024, down 14.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in New Smyrna Beach: its share of workers rose from 4.3% in 2009 to 20.7% in 2024, up 16.4 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.9% to 1.1% of workers (down 0.8 percentage points).

Biking peaked at 1.8% in 2018 and has since fallen back to 0.3%.

Commute Start Times in New Smyrna Beach

What Time Do People Leave for Work in New Smyrna Beach?

The bars show when commuters in New Smyrna Beach 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		2.4%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.6%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		4.2%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.1%
7:30-7:59 AM		15.3%
8:00-8:29 AM		13.8%
8:30-8:59 AM		7.7%
9:00-9:59 AM		10.6%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.8%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.6%

New Smyrna Beach Florida Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in New Smyrna Beach is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 15.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.6% across Florida. Early starts are less common than in Florida: 9.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush looks much like Florida's: 47.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.6%) 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 New Smyrna Beach, 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 New Smyrna Beach 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 New Smyrna Beach 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	New Smyrna Beach	Florida	United States
2009	7:44 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:43 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:49 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:50 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:44 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:51 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:50 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:50 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:53 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:50 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:47 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:43 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:42 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:49 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:46 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:56 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in New Smyrna Beach were on the road by 7:56 AM, 12 minutes later than in 2009 (7:44 AM). The shift is sharper than across Florida, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in New Smyrna Beach now leave 18 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 New Smyrna Beach has moved 10 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for New Smyrna Beach in the whole series.

How does New Smyrna Beach's commute time compare?

Metric	New Smyrna Beach	Florida	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.5 min	24.0 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 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	20.7%	15.7%	15.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	1.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in New Smyrna Beach is about the same as in Florida.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

New Smyrna Beach, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How New Smyrna Beach, FL compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
New Smyrna Beach, FL	20,446	23.5 min #2/2	20.7% #1/2	7:56 AM #2/2
Port Orange, FL	51,713	21.1 min	13.0%	7:42 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

What is the financial impact of commuting in New Smyrna Beach, Florida?

Commuters here spend an estimated 196 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,074 at a typical national wage. That's 2% less than the typical Florida commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in New Smyrna Beach, Florida?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in New Smyrna Beach, 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 New Smyrna Beach, Florida?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% of commuters use it versus 1.2% in Florida, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How much money can remote workers save in New Smyrna Beach, Florida?

About 20.7% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in New Smyrna Beach would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,430 at the same national wage assumption used above.