Palm Beach Gardens Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Palm Beach Gardens, 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 Palm Beach Gardens: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Palm Beach Gardens spend about 41 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 171 hours, about 7.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 14% less time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 3.4 minutes.

Palm Beach Gardens holds about 0.3% of Florida's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Palm Beach Gardens would save about 68 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,123 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)
Palm Beach Gardens	20.5 min	41.1 min	171 hrs/yr	$5,308	4,999
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.

Palm Beach Gardens Commute Map

On average, it takes 20.5 minutes to get to work in Palm Beach Gardens. That's 8% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 18.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Palm Beach Gardens

Public transit is unusually rare in Palm Beach Gardens: 4.9 times less than the Florida average (0.2% vs 1.2%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Palm Beach Gardens: 4.4 times less than the Florida average (0.1% vs 0.4%).

Commute Mode Trends in Palm Beach Gardens, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Palm Beach Gardens 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	Other	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	90.5%	5.8%	1.4%	1.2%	0.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.3%
2010	89.7%	6.6%	1.4%	1.2%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.3%
2011	88.9%	7.1%	1.2%	1.5%	0.4%	0.5%	0.2%	0.3%
2012	88.5%	7.3%	1.3%	1.3%	0.4%	0.5%	0.2%	0.5%
2013	89.1%	7.0%	1.6%	1.0%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%
2014	88.9%	6.7%	1.6%	1.0%	0.6%	0.8%	0.2%	0.3%
2015	88.5%	7.0%	1.7%	0.8%	0.6%	0.9%	0.2%	0.2%
2016	88.5%	7.4%	1.7%	0.7%	0.5%	0.9%	0.1%	0.2%
2017	87.3%	8.5%	1.7%	0.8%	0.4%	1.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2018	86.6%	9.0%	1.3%	0.9%	1.0%	0.9%	0.0%	0.2%
2019	86.1%	10.2%	0.9%	1.1%	0.8%	0.7%	0.1%	0.1%
2020	85.8%	10.9%	0.8%	1.2%	0.8%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%
2021	82.7%	14.1%	0.6%	1.1%	0.7%	0.5%	0.1%	0.2%
2022	81.1%	15.5%	0.8%	1.1%	1.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2023	78.6%	18.0%	1.5%	0.9%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2024	78.0%	18.9%	1.5%	0.7%	0.5%	0.2%	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 90.5% in 2009 to 78.0% in 2024, down 12.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Palm Beach Gardens: its share of workers rose from 5.8% in 2009 to 18.9% in 2024, up 13.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Commute Start Times in Palm Beach Gardens

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Palm Beach Gardens?

The bars show when commuters in Palm Beach Gardens 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		1.6%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.8%
5:30-5:59 AM		2.2%
6:00-6:29 AM		4.0%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.2%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		14.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		16.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		9.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		10.1%
10:00-10:59 AM		6.9%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.4%
4:00-11:59 PM		3.4%

Palm Beach Gardens Florida Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Palm Beach Gardens is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 16.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.1% across Florida. Early starts are less common than in Florida: 6.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Florida: 53.4% 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 Palm Beach Gardens, 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 Palm Beach Gardens 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 Palm Beach Gardens 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	Palm Beach Gardens	Florida	United States
2009	7:58 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:03 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:02 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2012	8:01 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:05 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:04 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:05 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:06 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:06 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2018	8:04 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	8:03 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:03 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:03 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:04 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:03 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:04 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Palm Beach Gardens were on the road by 8:04 AM, 6 minutes later than in 2009 (7:58 AM). The shift is sharper than across Florida, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Palm Beach Gardens now leave 26 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Palm Beach Gardens's commute time compare?

Metric	Palm Beach Gardens	Florida	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	20.5 min	24.0 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 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	18.9%	15.7%	15.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	1.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Palm Beach Gardens is 20.5 minutes, shorter than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 1.5% commute by walking, higher than the 1.4% in Florida.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Palm Beach Gardens, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Palm Beach Gardens, FL compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Palm Beach Gardens, FL	64,023	20.5 min #1/2	18.9% #1/2	8:04 AM #2/2
Jupiter, FL	59,729	20.9 min	18.8%	8:03 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Is living in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 171 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,308 at a typical national wage. That's 14% less than the typical Florida commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Palm Beach Gardens, 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 Palm Beach Gardens, 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.