Rockledge Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Rockledge, 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 Rockledge: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Rockledge spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 185 hours, about 7.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 7% less time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 1.7 minutes.

Rockledge 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 Rockledge would save about 74 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,300 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)
Rockledge	22.3 min	44.5 min	185 hrs/yr	$5,749	3,766
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.

Rockledge Commute Map

On average, it takes 22.3 minutes to get to work in Rockledge. That's 1% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Rockledge

Walking is unusually rare in Rockledge: 3.9 times less than the Florida average (0.3% vs 1.4%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Rockledge: 9.6 times less than the Florida average (0.0% vs 0.4%).

Biking is unusually rare in Rockledge: 2396.3 times less than the Florida average (0.0% vs 0.5%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Rockledge: just 0.3%, 5.3 times below the Florida average of 1.9%.

Commute Mode Trends in Rockledge, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Rockledge 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	Public Transportation	Motorcycle	Walked	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	91.1%	5.0%	1.8%	0.4%	1.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.3%
2010	91.3%	4.9%	1.5%	0.4%	1.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.5%
2011	92.0%	4.5%	0.9%	0.3%	1.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.8%
2012	92.4%	4.5%	0.8%	0.3%	1.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.5%
2013	92.6%	3.7%	0.9%	0.4%	1.1%	0.9%	0.0%	0.4%
2014	93.9%	2.9%	0.8%	0.4%	1.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.4%
2015	93.0%	3.5%	0.7%	0.6%	1.4%	0.6%	0.0%	0.2%
2016	93.0%	3.4%	1.0%	0.7%	1.1%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	92.9%	3.8%	1.1%	0.1%	0.9%	0.8%	0.0%	0.2%
2018	93.2%	4.7%	0.9%	0.1%	0.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%
2019	92.8%	4.8%	1.2%	0.1%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%
2020	92.0%	5.5%	1.1%	0.4%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	90.1%	7.1%	0.7%	0.6%	0.8%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%
2022	87.7%	9.9%	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2023	86.4%	11.6%	0.5%	0.6%	0.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	86.8%	11.3%	0.7%	0.6%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2014 at 93.9% and lowest in 2023 at 86.4%. Overall it fell from 91.1% in 2009 to 86.8% in 2024, down 4.3 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Rockledge: its share of workers rose from 5.0% in 2009 to 11.3% in 2024, up 6.3 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 1.0% to 0.3% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Rockledge

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Rockledge?

The bars show when commuters in Rockledge 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		3.2%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		12.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.4%
7:00-7:29 AM		16.3%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.1%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.6%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.5%
4:00-11:59 PM		3.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Rockledge is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Florida. Early starts are about as common as in Florida: 12.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush looks much like Florida's: 47.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.6%) 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 Rockledge, 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 Rockledge 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 Rockledge 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	Rockledge	Florida	United States
2009	7:40 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:38 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:45 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:43 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:44 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:43 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:41 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:40 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:36 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:33 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:32 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:31 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:28 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:29 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:33 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:34 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Rockledge were on the road by 7:34 AM, 6 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:40 AM). That goes against the trend across Florida, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Rockledge now leave 4 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 Rockledge has moved 2 minutes later.

How does Rockledge's commute time compare?

Metric	Rockledge	Florida	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.3 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	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	11.3%	15.7%	15.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.6%	1.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Rockledge is 22.3 minutes, shorter than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.

0.6% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 0.3% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Rockledge, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Rockledge, FL	25,851	22.3 min #2/2	11.3% #2/2	7:34 AM #1/2
Merritt Island, FL	34,963	20.2 min	19.1%	7:43 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Rockledge, Florida.

Is commuting expensive in Rockledge, Florida?

Commuters here spend an estimated 185 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,749 at a typical national wage. That's 7% less than the typical Florida commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Rockledge, Florida?

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