Commuting in St. Johns County, 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 St. Johns County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in St. Johns County spend about 51 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 213 hours, about 8.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 7% more time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 1.6 minutes.
St. Johns County holds about 1.4% of Florida's population but accounts for roughly 1.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in St. Johns County would save about 85 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,637 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)
St. Johns County
25.5 min
51.0 min
213 hrs/yr
$6,593
3,496
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.
On average, it takes
25.5
minutes to get to work in
St. Johns County.
That's 14% longer 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 26.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in St. Johns County
Car:
70.3%
Worked at Home:
26.7%
Other:
1.2%
Walked:
0.8%
Bicycle:
0.5%
Taxi:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in St. Johns County: 13.9 times less than the Florida average (0.1% vs 1.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in St. Johns County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in St. Johns County 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
Bicycle
Taxi
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
2009
89.2%
5.5%
1.3%
1.6%
1.0%
0.5%
0.2%
0.7%
2010
88.8%
6.1%
1.3%
1.6%
0.9%
0.4%
0.3%
0.7%
2011
88.6%
6.4%
1.1%
1.6%
1.0%
0.5%
0.3%
0.5%
2012
88.6%
6.5%
1.0%
1.5%
1.0%
0.4%
0.3%
0.6%
2013
88.8%
7.0%
0.9%
1.2%
1.1%
0.4%
0.2%
0.5%
2014
89.3%
7.0%
0.8%
1.0%
0.9%
0.3%
0.2%
0.5%
2015
89.7%
6.7%
0.8%
1.0%
1.0%
0.2%
0.2%
0.4%
2016
88.5%
7.5%
1.1%
1.0%
1.0%
0.2%
0.2%
0.4%
2017
88.3%
8.1%
1.1%
1.1%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
0.5%
2018
87.7%
8.6%
1.1%
1.2%
0.7%
0.2%
0.1%
0.4%
2019
86.3%
10.1%
1.1%
1.2%
0.8%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
2020
83.7%
12.8%
1.2%
1.1%
0.7%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2021
80.0%
16.7%
1.1%
1.0%
0.7%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2022
76.9%
20.0%
1.2%
0.9%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2023
73.3%
23.7%
1.3%
0.8%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2024
70.3%
26.7%
1.2%
0.8%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2015 at 89.7%. Overall it fell from 89.2% in 2009 to 70.3% in 2024, down 18.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 9 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in St. Johns County: its share of workers rose from 5.5% in 2009 to 26.7% in 2024, up 21.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 16.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.6% to 0.8% of workers (down 0.8 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in St. Johns County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in St. Johns County?
The bars show when commuters in St. Johns County 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
12:00-4:59 AMSt. Johns County2.8%Florida4.7%
2.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMSt. Johns County2.7%Florida3.5%
2.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMSt. Johns County3.2%Florida4.0%
3.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMSt. Johns County7.5%Florida9.1%
7.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMSt. Johns County10.3%Florida8.9%
10.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMSt. Johns County14.2%Florida15.1%
14.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMSt. Johns County13.0%Florida10.6%
13.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMSt. Johns County15.8%Florida13.1%
15.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMSt. Johns County6.7%Florida5.8%
6.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMSt. Johns County7.0%Florida8.0%
7.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMSt. Johns County3.1%Florida3.5%
3.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMSt. Johns County1.5%Florida1.5%
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMSt. Johns County6.9%Florida6.3%
6.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMSt. Johns County5.4%Florida5.9%
5.4%
St. Johns CountyFloridaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in St. Johns County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 15.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.1% across Florida. Early starts are less common than in Florida: 8.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Florida: 53.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.9%) 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 St. Johns County, 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 St. Johns County 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 St. Johns County 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
St. Johns County
Florida
United States
2009
7:46 AM
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:45 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:47 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:49 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:49 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:48 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:47 AM
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:47 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:47 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:48 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:48 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:48 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:49 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:50 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:50 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:52 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in St. Johns County were on the road by 7:52 AM, 6 minutes later than in 2009 (7:46 AM). The shift is sharper than across Florida, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in St. Johns County now leave 14 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 St. Johns County has moved 4 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for St. Johns County in the whole series.
How does St. Johns County's commute time compare?
Metric
St. Johns County
Florida
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
25.5 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
26.7%
15.7%
15.0%
Walked
0.8%
1.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
1.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in St. Johns County is 25.5 minutes, longer than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 0.8% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.
St. Johns County, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
St. Johns County, FL is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 306,934 residents against a local median of 126,528. The measure that sets St. Johns County, FL apart most is work from home: 26.7%, 68% above the local median of 15.9%.
The counties themselves spread 8.6% on work from home, so St. Johns County, FL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. St. Johns County, FL has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in St. Johns County, Florida.
What is the financial impact of commuting in St. Johns County, Florida?
Commuters here spend an estimated 213 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,593 at a typical national wage. That's 7% more than the typical Florida commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in St. Johns County, Florida?
Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in St. Johns County, 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 St. Johns County, Florida?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 1.2% in Florida, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
How much time do residents in St. Johns County, Florida save by working from home?
About 26.7% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in St. Johns County would save about 85 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,637 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Which counties in Florida have the fastest and slowest commutes?
Among counties in Florida, the shortest average commutes are in Taylor County (13.8 min), Monroe County (16.1 min), Franklin County (16.6 min). The longest are in Washington County (32.8 min), Osceola County (32.3 min), Liberty County (32.1 min).