Palm River-Clair Mel Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Palm River-Clair Mel, 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 River-Clair Mel: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Palm River-Clair Mel spend about 54 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 224 hours, about 9.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 12% more time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 2.9 minutes.

Palm River-Clair Mel 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 Palm River-Clair Mel would save about 89 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,774 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 River-Clair Mel	26.8 min	53.7 min	224 hrs/yr	$6,935	5,154
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 River-Clair Mel Commute Map

On average, it takes 26.8 minutes to get to work in Palm River-Clair Mel. That's 20% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 16.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Palm River-Clair Mel

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Palm River-Clair Mel: 2963.5 times less than the Florida average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Palm River-Clair Mel: 3.8 times less than the Florida average (0.1% vs 0.4%).

Biking is unusually rare in Palm River-Clair Mel: 3.6 times less than the Florida average (0.1% vs 0.5%).

Commute Mode Trends in Palm River-Clair Mel, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Palm River-Clair Mel 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	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	91.1%	4.3%	1.4%	0.1%	1.4%	0.0%	1.2%	0.5%
2010	90.9%	4.2%	1.5%	0.0%	1.7%	0.0%	1.1%	0.6%
2011	91.6%	4.4%	0.9%	0.5%	0.9%	0.0%	1.2%	0.6%
2012	92.6%	2.5%	1.1%	0.8%	1.4%	0.0%	1.3%	0.3%
2013	95.9%	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	0.8%	0.0%	0.4%	0.5%
2014	94.8%	1.8%	1.0%	0.7%	1.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%
2015	95.1%	2.3%	0.7%	0.6%	0.8%	0.0%	0.4%	0.1%
2016	95.1%	2.2%	0.5%	0.1%	1.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.5%
2017	92.9%	2.9%	1.2%	0.3%	1.2%	0.2%	0.9%	0.4%
2018	92.2%	3.2%	0.7%	1.3%	1.4%	0.2%	0.6%	0.5%
2019	91.3%	3.9%	0.7%	1.3%	1.7%	0.2%	0.5%	0.5%
2020	86.8%	7.6%	0.8%	1.5%	2.2%	0.2%	0.5%	0.5%
2021	84.8%	10.1%	1.7%	1.2%	1.5%	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%
2022	83.9%	12.0%	1.4%	1.0%	1.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
2023	81.3%	16.2%	1.0%	0.8%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	79.9%	16.9%	1.5%	0.8%	0.6%	0.1%	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 2013 at 95.9%. Overall it fell from 91.1% in 2009 to 79.9% in 2024, down 11.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Palm River-Clair Mel: its share of workers rose from 4.3% in 2009 to 16.9% in 2024, up 12.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 13.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Biking lost the most ground, falling from 1.2% to 0.1% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).

Walking overtook biking to become the 4th most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Palm River-Clair Mel

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Palm River-Clair Mel?

The bars show when commuters in Palm River-Clair Mel 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		5.2%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		2.5%
6:00-6:29 AM		12.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		13.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		17.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		3.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.9%

Palm River-Clair Mel Florida Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Palm River-Clair Mel is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Florida. Early starts are about as common as in Florida: 12.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Florida: 50.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.6%) 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 Palm River-Clair Mel, 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 River-Clair Mel 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 River-Clair Mel 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 River-Clair Mel	Florida	United States
2009	7:16 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:14 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:20 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:28 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:27 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:34 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:30 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:31 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:25 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:28 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:25 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:31 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:22 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:25 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:19 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:21 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Palm River-Clair Mel were on the road by 7:21 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:16 AM). The shift is sharper than across Florida, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Palm River-Clair Mel now leave 17 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 Palm River-Clair Mel has moved 4 minutes earlier.

How does Palm River-Clair Mel's commute time compare?

Metric	Palm River-Clair Mel	Florida	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	26.8 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	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	16.9%	15.7%	15.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.6%	1.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Palm River-Clair Mel is 26.8 minutes, longer than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.

0.6% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 0.8% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Palm River-Clair Mel, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Palm River-Clair Mel, FL compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Palm River-Clair Mel, FL	26,532	26.8 min #3/3	16.9% #3/3	7:21 AM #1/3
East Lake-Orient Park, FL	30,711	23.0 min	21.1%	7:54 AM
Brandon, FL	119,418	25.5 min	18.1%	7:39 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Palm River-Clair Mel, Florida.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Palm River-Clair Mel, Florida?

Commuters here spend an estimated 224 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,935 at a typical national wage. That's 12% more than the typical Florida commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Palm River-Clair Mel, Florida?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Palm River-Clair Mel, Florida. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.