Commuting in Suwannee 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 Suwannee County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Suwannee County spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 193 hours, about 8.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 3% less time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 0.7 minutes.
Suwannee County 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 Suwannee County would save about 77 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,399 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)
Suwannee County
23.2 min
46.4 min
193 hrs/yr
$5,997
732
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
23.2
minutes to get to work in
Suwannee County.
That's 4% longer 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 8.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Suwannee County
Car:
88.5%
Worked at Home:
8.3%
Walked:
2.3%
Other:
0.6%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Suwannee County: 105.2 times less than the Florida average (0.0% vs 1.2%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Suwannee County, versus 0.4% in Florida.
Commute Mode Trends in Suwannee County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Suwannee 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
Walked
Other
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
2009
89.8%
5.1%
2.4%
2.1%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2010
89.2%
6.5%
1.7%
1.6%
0.6%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2011
89.2%
7.6%
1.6%
0.9%
0.5%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2012
91.8%
5.4%
0.9%
0.7%
0.5%
0.0%
0.7%
0.0%
2013
92.3%
5.3%
0.7%
0.7%
0.4%
0.2%
0.5%
0.0%
2014
92.5%
4.3%
0.6%
1.1%
0.4%
0.8%
0.4%
0.0%
2015
93.6%
2.9%
1.0%
1.0%
0.4%
1.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2016
92.4%
3.9%
0.9%
1.5%
0.0%
1.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2017
91.6%
4.0%
1.1%
1.8%
0.0%
1.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2018
91.2%
3.9%
2.4%
1.3%
0.0%
1.1%
0.0%
0.2%
2019
90.5%
5.1%
2.6%
1.1%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.2%
2020
91.4%
5.0%
2.1%
1.0%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
2021
92.9%
4.3%
1.8%
0.5%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
2022
90.0%
5.5%
3.1%
0.5%
0.1%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
90.2%
6.0%
2.5%
0.8%
0.1%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
88.5%
8.3%
2.3%
0.6%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2015 at 93.6%. Overall it fell from 89.8% in 2009 to 88.5% in 2024, down 1.3 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Suwannee County: its share of workers rose from 5.1% in 2009 to 8.3% in 2024, up 3.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Biking peaked at 1.2% in 2017 and has since fallen back to 0.2%.
Commute Start Times in Suwannee County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Suwannee County?
The bars show when commuters in Suwannee 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 AMSuwannee County7.7%Florida4.7%
7.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMSuwannee County3.1%Florida3.5%
3.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMSuwannee County6.6%Florida4.0%
6.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMSuwannee County9.1%Florida9.1%
9.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMSuwannee County9.4%Florida8.9%
9.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMSuwannee County18.2%Florida15.1%
18.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMSuwannee County14.1%Florida10.6%
14.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMSuwannee County7.3%Florida13.1%
7.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMSuwannee County2.5%Florida5.8%
2.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMSuwannee County4.4%Florida8.0%
4.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMSuwannee County1.8%Florida3.5%
1.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMSuwannee County0.4%Florida1.5%
0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMSuwannee County10.2%Florida6.3%
10.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMSuwannee County5.1%Florida5.9%
5.1%
Suwannee CountyFloridaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Suwannee County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Florida. Early starts are more common than in Florida: 17.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush looks much like Florida's: 49.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (22.0%) 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 Suwannee 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 Suwannee 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 Suwannee 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
Suwannee County
Florida
United States
2009
7:18 AM
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:15 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:16 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:18 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:18 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:21 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:22 AM
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:17 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:16 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:17 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:17 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:19 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:22 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:29 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:27 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:23 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Suwannee County were on the road by 7:23 AM, 6 minutes later than in 2009 (7:18 AM). The shift is sharper than across Florida, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Suwannee County now leave 15 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 Suwannee County has moved 6 minutes later.
How does Suwannee County's commute time compare?
Metric
Suwannee County
Florida
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
23.2 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
8.3%
15.7%
15.0%
Walked
2.3%
1.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
1.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Suwannee County is 23.2 minutes, shorter than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 2.3% commute by walking, higher than the 1.4% in Florida.
Suwannee County, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Suwannee County, FL is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 45,342 residents against a local median of 13,616. Suwannee County, FL's work from home, at 8.3%, runs 29% above the 6.4% typical of the counties around it.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 23.2 min against a local median of 30.4 min, 24% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 24% below the local median it puts Suwannee County, FL at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 7.2% on work from home, so Suwannee County, FL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Suwannee County, FL has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Suwannee County, Florida.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Suwannee County, Florida?
Commuters here spend an estimated 193 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,997 at a typical national wage. That's 3% less than the typical Florida commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Suwannee County, Florida?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Suwannee County, 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.
How common is public transit use in Suwannee County, 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.
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).