Port Orange Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Port Orange, 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 Port Orange: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Port Orange spend about 42 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 176 hours, about 7.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 12% less time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 2.9 minutes.

Port Orange 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 Port Orange would save about 70 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,181 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)
Port Orange	21.1 min	42.2 min	176 hrs/yr	$5,452	3,941
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.

Port Orange Commute Map

On average, it takes 21.1 minutes to get to work in Port Orange. That's 6% shorter 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 13.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Port Orange

Public transit is unusually rare in Port Orange: 4.0 times less than the Florida average (0.3% vs 1.2%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Port Orange, versus 0.4% in Florida.

Commute Mode Trends in Port Orange, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Port Orange 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	Motorcycle	Taxi
2009	93.6%	2.9%	1.3%	0.7%	0.4%	0.3%	0.8%	0.0%
2010	92.3%	3.9%	1.1%	1.3%	0.4%	0.3%	0.7%	0.0%
2011	92.6%	3.4%	1.1%	1.1%	0.3%	0.6%	0.8%	0.0%
2012	91.7%	4.0%	1.4%	0.9%	0.3%	0.8%	0.9%	0.0%
2013	92.1%	4.1%	0.9%	1.0%	0.1%	0.9%	0.9%	0.0%
2014	90.1%	5.1%	0.7%	1.5%	0.3%	1.4%	1.0%	0.0%
2015	91.0%	3.9%	0.7%	1.2%	0.5%	1.5%	1.3%	0.0%
2016	90.0%	4.9%	1.1%	1.1%	0.5%	1.4%	1.0%	0.0%
2017	89.9%	5.4%	1.0%	1.3%	0.5%	1.2%	0.7%	0.0%
2018	89.0%	6.1%	1.2%	1.3%	1.0%	1.0%	0.6%	0.0%
2019	88.9%	6.5%	1.3%	1.1%	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.0%
2020	89.3%	7.2%	1.0%	1.1%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%
2021	87.6%	8.5%	1.2%	1.0%	0.8%	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%
2022	85.6%	10.8%	1.2%	1.0%	0.6%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%
2023	84.5%	11.9%	1.1%	1.2%	0.5%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%
2024	83.8%	13.0%	1.2%	1.0%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 93.6% in 2009 to 83.8% in 2024, down 9.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Port Orange: its share of workers rose from 2.9% in 2009 to 13.0% in 2024, up 10.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Riding a motorcycle lost the most ground, falling from 0.8% to 0.2% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Public transit peaked at 1.5% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 0.3%.

Commute Start Times in Port Orange

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Port Orange?

The bars show when commuters in Port Orange 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		4.1%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.7%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		14.4%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.3%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.6%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.7%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.9%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Port Orange is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 14.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.6% across Florida. Early starts are less common than in Florida: 11.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Florida: 50.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.5%) 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 Port Orange, 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 Port Orange 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 Port Orange 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	Port Orange	Florida	United States
2009	7:50 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:48 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:47 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:47 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:51 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:52 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:55 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:56 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:55 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:51 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:52 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	7:45 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:42 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:42 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Port Orange were on the road by 7:42 AM, 8 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:50 AM). That goes against the trend across Florida, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Port Orange now leave 4 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 Port Orange has moved 10 minutes earlier.

How does Port Orange's commute time compare?

Metric	Port Orange	Florida	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.1 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	13.0%	15.7%	15.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	1.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Port Orange is 21.1 minutes, shorter than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Port Orange, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Port Orange, FL compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Port Orange, Florida.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Port Orange, Florida?

Commuters here spend an estimated 176 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,452 at a typical national wage. That's 12% less than the typical Florida commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Port Orange, Florida?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Port Orange, 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.

Do people use public transit in Port Orange, Florida?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.3% of commuters use it versus 1.2% in Florida, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.