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Commuting in Parkland, 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 Parkland: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Parkland spend about 62 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 257 hours, about 10.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 29% more time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 6.9 minutes.

Parkland holds about 0.2% of Florida's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Parkland would save about 103 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,192 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)
Parkland 30.9 min 61.8 min 257 hrs/yr $7,979 4,909
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.

Parkland Commute Map

On average, it takes 30.9 minutes to get to work in Parkland. That's 38% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 09:00 AM – 09:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 28.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Parkland

  • Car: 69.7%
  • Worked at Home: 28.2%
  • Other: 0.9%
  • Bicycle: 0.8%
  • Walked: 0.2% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1%
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low

Walking is unusually rare in Parkland: 8.4 times less than the Florida average (0.2% vs 1.4%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Parkland: 27838.6 times less than the Florida average (0.0% vs 1.2%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Parkland: 3.7 times less than the Florida average (0.1% vs 0.4%).

Commute Mode Trends in Parkland, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Parkland 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 Bicycle Walked Taxi Motorcycle Public Transportation
2009 89.7% 8.1% 1.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2% 0.8%
2010 88.0% 8.9% 1.1% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.3% 1.0%
2011 85.9% 10.4% 1.5% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0% 0.5% 0.6%
2012 85.5% 11.3% 1.5% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.7%
2013 87.0% 10.3% 1.6% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
2014 88.1% 9.4% 1.2% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%
2015 86.3% 11.1% 1.1% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%
2016 87.5% 10.3% 1.3% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2017 85.5% 12.1% 1.6% 0.0% 0.6% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
2018 82.6% 14.6% 1.7% 0.1% 0.6% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
2019 81.8% 16.3% 1.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
2020 78.7% 17.9% 1.6% 1.4% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
2021 74.8% 22.5% 1.2% 1.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
2022 71.3% 26.0% 1.4% 0.9% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
2023 68.4% 29.3% 1.1% 0.9% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2024 69.7% 28.2% 0.9% 0.8% 0.2% 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 bottomed out in 2023 at 68.4%. Overall it fell from 89.7% in 2009 to 69.7% in 2024, down 20.0 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Parkland: its share of workers rose from 8.1% in 2009 to 28.2% in 2024, up 20.1 percentage points.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.8% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.8 percentage points).

Biking overtook walking to become the 4th most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 29.3% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 28.2%.

Commute Start Times in Parkland

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Parkland?

The bars show when commuters in Parkland 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
2.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
0.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
0.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
3.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
9.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
12.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
10.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
15.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
21.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
3.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
6.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Parkland is 9:00-9:59 AM, when 21.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.0% across Florida. Early starts are less common than in Florida: 3.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush looks much like Florida's: 48.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (35.9%) 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 Parkland, 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 Parkland 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 Parkland 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 Parkland Florida United States
2009 8:03 AM 7:41 AM 7:37 AM
2010 8:09 AM 7:43 AM 7:38 AM
2011 8:11 AM 7:44 AM 7:38 AM
2012 8:18 AM 7:46 AM 7:38 AM
2013 8:18 AM 7:47 AM 7:39 AM
2014 8:15 AM 7:47 AM 7:39 AM
2015 8:11 AM 7:47 AM 7:38 AM
2016 8:10 AM 7:46 AM 7:38 AM
2017 8:08 AM 7:45 AM 7:38 AM
2018 8:07 AM 7:44 AM 7:37 AM
2019 8:08 AM 7:43 AM 7:37 AM
2020 8:06 AM 7:43 AM 7:37 AM
2021 8:06 AM 7:43 AM 7:37 AM
2022 8:09 AM 7:44 AM 7:37 AM
2023 8:11 AM 7:44 AM 7:38 AM
2024 8:20 AM 7:43 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Parkland were on the road by 8:20 AM, 17 minutes later than in 2009 (8:03 AM). The shift is sharper than across Florida, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Parkland now leave 42 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 Parkland has moved 12 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Parkland in the whole series.

How does Parkland's commute time compare?

Metric Parkland Florida US Average
Avg. Commute Time 30.9 min 24.0 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 09:00 AM – 09:59 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 28.2% 15.7% 15.0%
Walked 0.2% 1.4% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.2% 3.2%

The average commute time in Parkland is 30.9 minutes, longer than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 0.2% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Parkland, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Parkland, FL is the smallest of the 4 cities compared here, 36,099 residents against a local median of 58,812. Where Parkland, FL breaks from the cities next to it is work from home, sitting 99% above the local median of 14.1% at 28.2%.

The cities themselves sit within 4.4% of each other on work from home, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Parkland, FL, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Parkland, FL has the highest work from home of the 4 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Parkland, FL 36,099 30.9 min #4/4 28.2% #1/4 8:20 AM #4/4
Coral Springs, FL 133,960 30.4 min 14.8% 7:52 AM
Coconut Creek, FL 57,412 28.1 min 14.1% 7:59 AM
Margate, FL 58,812 30.1 min 10.3% 7:49 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Parkland, Florida.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Parkland, Florida?

Commuters here spend an estimated 257 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,979 at a typical national wage. That's 29% more than the typical Florida commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Parkland, Florida?

Traffic peaks between 09:00 AM – 09:59 AM in Parkland, 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.

Do people use public transit in Parkland, Florida?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 1.2% in Florida, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Is Parkland, Florida a good location for remote and hybrid workers?

About 28.2% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Parkland would save about 103 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,192 at the same national wage assumption used above.