Commuting in Walton 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 Walton County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Walton 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 1.7 minutes.
Walton County holds about 0.4% of Florida's population and accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Walton County would save about 85 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,646 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)
Walton County
25.6 min
51.2 min
213 hrs/yr
$6,616
1,323
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
25.6
minutes to get to work in
Walton County.
That's 14% 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 16.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Walton County
Car:
80.5%
Worked at Home:
16.3%
Other:
1.2%
Walked:
1.0%
Bicycle:
0.6%
Public Transportation:
0.2%unusually low
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Walton County: 5.9 times less than the Florida average (0.2% vs 1.2%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Walton County, versus 0.4% in Florida.
Commute Mode Trends in Walton County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Walton 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
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
90.4%
4.7%
2.8%
1.0%
0.3%
0.2%
0.4%
0.2%
2010
90.8%
4.3%
2.9%
0.8%
0.4%
0.1%
0.5%
0.1%
2011
91.0%
3.7%
3.4%
1.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.5%
0.0%
2012
91.6%
3.8%
3.4%
0.6%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2013
92.1%
3.9%
2.7%
0.7%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2014
91.9%
4.2%
2.9%
0.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2015
90.8%
5.2%
3.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2016
91.1%
5.6%
2.3%
0.7%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2017
89.3%
7.2%
1.7%
1.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2018
88.6%
7.8%
1.7%
1.1%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2019
87.2%
9.0%
1.5%
1.3%
0.6%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2020
85.8%
10.5%
1.5%
1.0%
0.7%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2021
84.2%
12.7%
0.9%
1.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2022
83.3%
13.9%
1.0%
1.0%
0.4%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2023
81.6%
14.8%
1.5%
1.4%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
80.5%
16.3%
1.2%
1.0%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2013 at 92.1%. Overall it fell from 90.4% in 2009 to 80.5% in 2024, down 9.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Walton County: its share of workers rose from 4.7% in 2009 to 16.3% in 2024, up 11.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Biking overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 5th most common choice in the 2017 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Walton County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Walton County?
The bars show when commuters in Walton 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 AMWalton County5.7%Florida4.7%
5.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMWalton County5.5%Florida3.5%
5.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMWalton County6.2%Florida4.0%
6.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMWalton County10.2%Florida9.1%
10.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMWalton County9.4%Florida8.9%
9.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMWalton County13.5%Florida15.1%
13.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMWalton County12.5%Florida10.6%
12.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMWalton County10.8%Florida13.1%
10.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMWalton County3.9%Florida5.8%
3.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMWalton County7.8%Florida8.0%
7.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMWalton County2.8%Florida3.5%
2.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMWalton County1.7%Florida1.5%
1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMWalton County4.9%Florida6.3%
4.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMWalton County5.0%Florida5.9%
5.0%
Walton CountyFloridaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Walton County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.5% 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: 46.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.3%) 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 Walton 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 Walton 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 Walton 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
Walton County
Florida
United States
2009
7:24 AM
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:24 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:19 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:23 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:29 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:30 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:32 AM
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:39 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:32 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:28 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:28 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:29 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:27 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:34 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:33 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:29 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Walton County were on the road by 7:29 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:24 AM). The shift is sharper than across Florida, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Walton County now leave 9 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does Walton County's commute time compare?
Metric
Walton County
Florida
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
25.6 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
16.3%
15.7%
15.0%
Walked
1.0%
1.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.2%
1.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Walton County is 25.6 minutes, longer than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.
0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 1.0% commute by walking, lower than the 1.4% in Florida.
Walton County, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Walton County, FL is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 82,948 residents against a local median of 26,887. The measure that sets Walton County, FL apart most is work from home: 16.3%, 119% above the local median of 7.4%.
The counties themselves spread 6.3% on work from home, so Walton County, FL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Walton County, FL has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Walton County, Florida.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Walton County, Florida?
Commuters here spend an estimated 213 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,616 at a typical national wage. That's 7% more than the typical Florida commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Walton County, Florida?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Walton 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 Walton County, Florida?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% 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).