Temple Terrace Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Temple Terrace, 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 Temple Terrace: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Temple Terrace spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 197 hours, about 8.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% less time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 0.3 minutes.

Temple Terrace 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 Temple Terrace would save about 79 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,445 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)
Temple Terrace	23.7 min	47.3 min	197 hrs/yr	$6,112	5,011
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.

Temple Terrace Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.7 minutes to get to work in Temple Terrace. That's 6% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 23.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Temple Terrace

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Temple Terrace: 882832.9 times less than the Florida average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Temple Terrace, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Temple Terrace 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	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	92.2%	3.4%	2.1%	0.9%	1.0%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2010	91.6%	3.8%	2.6%	0.4%	1.1%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%
2011	91.9%	4.0%	2.1%	0.4%	1.1%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2012	90.7%	4.7%	2.0%	0.2%	1.6%	0.7%	0.1%	0.1%
2013	91.6%	4.5%	1.6%	0.2%	1.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%
2014	91.0%	5.2%	1.3%	0.2%	1.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.3%
2015	90.0%	6.1%	1.4%	0.3%	1.4%	0.3%	0.1%	0.4%
2016	89.6%	6.1%	0.8%	1.2%	1.4%	0.5%	0.1%	0.3%
2017	90.1%	6.2%	0.9%	1.1%	0.8%	0.5%	0.1%	0.3%
2018	88.5%	5.8%	0.5%	1.1%	3.2%	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%
2019	89.4%	4.6%	0.9%	1.4%	2.5%	0.9%	0.2%	0.1%
2020	88.6%	6.5%	0.9%	1.3%	1.4%	1.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2021	86.4%	8.7%	1.1%	1.0%	1.4%	1.1%	0.2%	0.1%
2022	81.3%	14.1%	1.3%	1.1%	1.0%	1.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2023	78.4%	16.7%	1.4%	1.4%	0.8%	1.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	72.4%	23.1%	1.6%	1.2%	1.1%	0.4%	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 92.2% in 2009 to 72.4% in 2024, down 19.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Temple Terrace: its share of workers rose from 3.4% in 2009 to 23.1% in 2024, up 19.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 18.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.1% to 1.6% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).

Public transit peaked at 3.2% in 2018 and has since fallen back to 1.1%.

Commute Start Times in Temple Terrace

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Temple Terrace?

The bars show when commuters in Temple Terrace 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		3.5%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.4%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.0%
7:00-7:29 AM		16.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.2%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.1%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.6%
9:00-9:59 AM		8.6%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.5%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.3%
4:00-11:59 PM		7.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Temple Terrace is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.1% across Florida. Early starts are less common than in Florida: 11.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush looks much like Florida's: 46.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (29.5%) 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 Temple Terrace, 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 Temple Terrace 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 Temple Terrace 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	Temple Terrace	Florida	United States
2009	7:57 AM	7:41 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:06 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:03 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2012	8:03 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:04 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:00 AM	7:47 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:57 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:57 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:55 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2018	8:01 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:58 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:56 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:02 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:06 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:55 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:44 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Temple Terrace were on the road by 7:44 AM, 13 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:57 AM). That goes against the trend across Florida, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Temple Terrace now leave 6 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 Temple Terrace has moved 13 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Temple Terrace in the whole series.

How does Temple Terrace's commute time compare?

Metric	Temple Terrace	Florida	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.7 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	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	23.1%	15.7%	15.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.1%	1.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Temple Terrace is about the same as in Florida.

1.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 1.6% commute by walking, higher than the 1.4% in Florida.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Temple Terrace, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Temple Terrace, FL is typical in size for this group, 28,116 residents against a local median of 31,109, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. The measure that sets Temple Terrace, FL apart most is work from home: 23.1%, 24% above the local median of 18.6%.

The cities themselves spread 9.1% on work from home, so Temple Terrace, FL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Temple Terrace, FL has the highest work from home of the 4 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Temple Terrace, FL	28,116	23.7 min #3/4	23.1% #1/4	7:44 AM #1/4
East Lake-Orient Park, FL	30,711	23.0 min	21.1%	7:54 AM
University, FL	45,630	23.1 min	12.1%	7:54 AM
Lake Magdalene, FL	31,109	27.2 min	18.6%	7:48 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Temple Terrace, Florida.

Is living in Temple Terrace, Florida good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 197 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,112 at a typical national wage. That's 1% less than the typical Florida commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Temple Terrace, Florida?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Temple Terrace, Florida. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How much money can remote workers save in Temple Terrace, Florida?

About 23.1% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Temple Terrace would save about 79 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,445 at the same national wage assumption used above.