Commuting in Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Okeechobee County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 156 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 22% less time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 5.2 minutes.
Okeechobee County holds about 0.2% of Florida's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Okeechobee County would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,936 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)
Okeechobee County
18.7 min
37.5 min
156 hrs/yr
$4,839
801
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
18.7
minutes to get to work in
Okeechobee County.
That's 16% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 5 fastest counties in Florida
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Okeechobee County
Car:
86.9%
Worked at Home:
6.6%
Other:
2.2%
Walked:
1.7%
Bicycle:
1.1%
Public Transportation:
1.1%
Taxi:
0.4%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Okeechobee County, versus 0.2% in Florida.
Commute Mode Trends in Okeechobee County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Okeechobee 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
Public Transportation
Bicycle
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
89.6%
2.2%
0.5%
2.2%
4.5%
0.2%
0.7%
0.1%
2010
88.5%
2.1%
0.5%
3.8%
4.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.6%
2011
88.0%
3.3%
0.8%
3.1%
4.1%
0.1%
0.3%
0.5%
2012
88.3%
3.2%
1.0%
3.6%
3.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.4%
2013
91.0%
1.9%
0.9%
3.3%
2.4%
0.2%
0.0%
0.3%
2014
90.0%
3.4%
1.1%
3.8%
1.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.4%
2015
91.9%
3.2%
1.0%
2.2%
0.8%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
92.7%
2.2%
0.7%
2.7%
0.7%
0.9%
0.0%
0.1%
2017
93.9%
2.3%
0.5%
1.9%
0.2%
0.7%
0.1%
0.3%
2018
93.9%
2.5%
0.5%
1.7%
0.1%
0.7%
0.1%
0.4%
2019
93.6%
2.6%
0.6%
2.0%
0.1%
0.5%
0.1%
0.4%
2020
90.3%
4.3%
1.2%
2.1%
1.2%
0.4%
0.1%
0.3%
2021
89.3%
5.1%
1.3%
1.8%
1.4%
0.5%
0.4%
0.2%
2022
87.8%
6.3%
1.4%
2.2%
1.1%
0.7%
0.4%
0.0%
2023
86.7%
6.8%
2.4%
2.0%
0.8%
0.9%
0.2%
0.1%
2024
86.9%
6.6%
2.2%
1.7%
1.1%
1.1%
0.4%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2017 at 93.9% and lowest in 2023 at 86.7%. Overall it fell from 89.6% in 2009 to 86.9% in 2024, down 2.7 percentage points.
Working from home gained the most ground in Okeechobee County: its share of workers rose from 2.2% in 2009 to 6.6% in 2024, up 4.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 4.5% to 1.1% of workers (down 3.4 percentage points).
Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2014 release and has stayed ahead since.
Walking peaked at 3.8% in 2010 and has since fallen back to 1.7%.
Commute Start Times in Okeechobee County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Okeechobee County?
The bars show when commuters in Okeechobee 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 AMOkeechobee County6.7%Florida4.7%
6.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMOkeechobee County6.3%Florida3.5%
6.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMOkeechobee County6.3%Florida4.0%
6.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMOkeechobee County8.7%Florida9.1%
8.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMOkeechobee County11.2%Florida8.9%
11.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMOkeechobee County18.4%Florida15.1%
18.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMOkeechobee County13.5%Florida10.6%
13.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMOkeechobee County6.9%Florida13.1%
6.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMOkeechobee County2.8%Florida5.8%
2.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMOkeechobee County6.4%Florida8.0%
6.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMOkeechobee County2.7%Florida3.5%
2.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMOkeechobee County0.4%Florida1.5%
0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMOkeechobee County3.0%Florida6.3%
3.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMOkeechobee County6.8%Florida5.9%
6.8%
Okeechobee CountyFloridaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Okeechobee County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Florida. Early starts are more common than in Florida: 19.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Florida: 49.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.4%) 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 Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee 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
Okeechobee County
Florida
United States
2009
7:15 AM
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:19 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:14 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:10 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:11 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:11 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:10 AM
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:15 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:14 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:18 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:15 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:19 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:13 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:16 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:17 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:18 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Okeechobee County were on the road by 7:18 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:15 AM). Florida followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes later. Commuters in Okeechobee County now leave 20 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Okeechobee County has moved 3 minutes later.
How does Okeechobee County's commute time compare?
Metric
Okeechobee County
Florida
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.7 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
6.6%
15.7%
15.0%
Walked
1.7%
1.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.1%
1.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Okeechobee County is 18.7 minutes, shorter than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.
1.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 1.7% commute by walking, higher than the 1.4% in Florida.
Okeechobee County, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Okeechobee County, FL is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 40,816 residents against a local median of 160,388. Okeechobee County, FL's work from home, at 6.6%, runs 45% below the 12.1% typical of the counties around it.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 18.7 min against a local median of 22.2 min, 16% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 16% below the local median it puts Okeechobee County, FL at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 11.7% on work from home, so Okeechobee County, FL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Okeechobee County, FL has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Okeechobee County, Florida.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Okeechobee County, Florida?
Commuters here spend an estimated 156 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,839 at a typical national wage. That's 22% less than the typical Florida commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Okeechobee County, Florida?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Okeechobee County, Florida. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
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).