How long is the commute in Tampa?

Average travel time to work in Tampa, FL, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Tampa gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 19.9 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 66.1
• Carpooled: 8.2
• Transit: 1.3
• Walked: 2.3
• From home: 19.3

Average commute (minutes)

• Tampa: 19.9
• Hillsborough County: 23.4
• FL: 24.1
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 19.3% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 3.0 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 5.5% of workers in 2015 to 19.3% in the latest estimates.