Riviera Beach Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Riviera Beach, 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 Riviera Beach: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Riviera Beach spend about 42 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 175 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 3.0 minutes.

Riviera Beach 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 Riviera Beach would save about 70 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,167 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)
Riviera Beach	21.0 min	42.0 min	175 hrs/yr	$5,419	4,774
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.

Riviera Beach Commute Map

On average, it takes 21.0 minutes to get to work in Riviera Beach. That's 6% 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 10.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Riviera Beach

Commute Mode Trends in Riviera Beach, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Riviera Beach 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	Public Transportation	Walked	Other	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	87.4%	5.3%	2.7%	3.2%	0.4%	0.2%	0.3%	0.4%
2010	87.8%	5.9%	2.0%	2.7%	0.5%	0.3%	0.6%	0.1%
2011	90.8%	2.9%	2.6%	2.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.7%	0.1%
2012	89.0%	3.0%	3.0%	3.0%	1.0%	0.3%	0.6%	0.1%
2013	88.5%	2.8%	3.7%	2.7%	1.1%	0.4%	0.5%	0.2%
2014	88.6%	2.7%	3.4%	2.5%	1.3%	0.4%	0.9%	0.1%
2015	87.6%	2.7%	4.7%	2.4%	1.2%	0.3%	1.1%	0.1%
2016	86.1%	3.2%	5.4%	2.6%	1.2%	0.1%	1.2%	0.1%
2017	88.6%	2.7%	4.9%	1.9%	0.7%	0.0%	1.2%	0.0%
2018	87.8%	3.0%	4.6%	1.5%	0.7%	0.9%	1.5%	0.0%
2019	87.0%	3.8%	4.7%	2.2%	0.7%	0.6%	0.9%	0.0%
2020	87.4%	5.0%	3.0%	2.0%	0.9%	0.8%	1.0%	0.0%
2021	87.4%	5.6%	2.1%	2.0%	1.2%	0.9%	0.8%	0.1%
2022	84.8%	7.8%	1.7%	2.9%	1.3%	0.6%	0.9%	0.1%
2023	81.2%	9.9%	3.3%	2.9%	1.1%	0.8%	0.6%	0.1%
2024	81.5%	10.3%	2.8%	2.7%	1.1%	0.9%	0.6%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2011 at 90.8% and lowest in 2023 at 81.2%. Overall it fell from 87.4% in 2009 to 81.5% in 2024, down 5.9 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Riviera Beach: its share of workers rose from 5.3% in 2009 to 10.3% in 2024, up 5.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.2% to 2.7% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).

Taking a taxi overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 6th most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.

Public transit peaked at 5.4% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 2.8%.

Commute Start Times in Riviera Beach

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Riviera Beach?

The bars show when commuters in Riviera Beach 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		4.7%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.6%
5:30-5:59 AM		2.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.9%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.9%
7:30-7:59 AM		10.0%
8:00-8:29 AM		13.4%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.3%
9:00-9:59 AM		10.1%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Riviera Beach is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 13.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.1% across Florida. Early starts are about as common as in Florida: 12.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush looks much like Florida's: 46.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.4%) 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 Riviera Beach, 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 Riviera Beach 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 Riviera Beach 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	Riviera Beach	Florida	United States
2009	7:47 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:53 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:57 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:51 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:50 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:47 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:48 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:51 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:50 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:49 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:48 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:46 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:44 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:46 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:46 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:48 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Riviera Beach were on the road by 7:48 AM, 1 minute later than in 2009 (7:47 AM). Florida followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes later. Commuters in Riviera Beach now leave 10 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Riviera Beach's commute time compare?

Metric	Riviera Beach	Florida	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.0 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	10.3%	15.7%	15.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	2.8%	1.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Riviera Beach is 21.0 minutes, shorter than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.

2.8% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.2% in Florida. 2.7% commute by walking, higher than the 1.4% in Florida.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Riviera Beach, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Riviera Beach, FL	29,950	21.0 min #1/2	10.3% #2/2	7:48 AM #1/2
West Palm Beach, FL	123,402	21.3 min	13.4%	7:59 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Riviera Beach, Florida.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Riviera Beach, Florida?

Commuters here spend an estimated 175 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,419 at a typical national wage. That's 12% less than the typical Florida commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Riviera Beach, Florida?

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