Commuting in Autauga County, Alabama: 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 Autauga County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Autauga County spend about 48 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 199 hours, about 8.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 8% more time on the road than the Alabama average of 22.1 minutes each way, a difference of 1.8 minutes.
Autauga County holds about 1.2% of Alabama's population but accounts for roughly 1.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Autauga County would save about 80 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,471 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)
Autauga County
23.9 min
47.8 min
199 hrs/yr
$6,176
1,337
Alabama
22.1 min
44.3 min
184 hrs/yr
$5,717
1,193
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
23.9
minutes to get to work in
Autauga County.
That's 7% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 71% of counties in Alabama
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 6.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Autauga County
Car:
92.3%
Worked at Home:
6.7%
Other:
0.5%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Walked:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Walking is unusually rare in Autauga County: 22.1 times less than the Alabama average (0.1% vs 1.1%).
Public transit is unusually rare in Autauga County: 5.7 times less than the Alabama average (0.1% vs 0.3%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Autauga County, versus 0.1% in Alabama.
Few people walk or bike to work in Autauga County: just 0.3%, 4.2 times below the Alabama average of 1.2%.
Commute Mode Trends in Autauga County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Autauga 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
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Walked
Taxi
2009
95.4%
2.4%
0.4%
0.7%
0.1%
0.3%
0.6%
0.2%
2010
96.1%
1.9%
0.1%
0.5%
0.0%
0.3%
0.8%
0.2%
2011
95.7%
2.5%
0.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.2%
0.8%
0.0%
2012
95.7%
2.1%
0.5%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.9%
0.0%
2013
95.7%
2.1%
0.7%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.9%
0.0%
2014
96.3%
1.6%
0.8%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.8%
0.0%
2015
96.3%
1.8%
0.9%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.5%
0.0%
2016
95.9%
2.1%
1.1%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.5%
0.0%
2017
95.5%
2.5%
1.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.6%
0.0%
2018
95.2%
2.8%
1.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.6%
0.0%
2019
93.9%
3.4%
0.9%
0.3%
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
0.0%
2020
93.8%
3.8%
0.8%
0.2%
0.3%
0.4%
0.7%
0.0%
2021
93.3%
4.7%
0.4%
0.1%
0.3%
0.5%
0.7%
0.0%
2022
92.8%
5.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.6%
0.5%
0.0%
2023
93.1%
5.8%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
92.3%
6.7%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
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 2014 at 96.3%. Overall it fell from 95.4% in 2009 to 92.3% in 2024, down 3.1 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Autauga County: its share of workers rose from 2.4% in 2009 to 6.7% in 2024, up 4.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 0.6% to 0.1% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Autauga County
🚦Rush-Hour RegularsThe 3rd-highest share of rush-hour departures among Alabama's 67 counties: 54.9% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Autauga County?
The bars show when commuters in Autauga 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 Alabama for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMAutauga County5.9%Alabama6.8%
5.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMAutauga County5.0%Alabama5.1%
5.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMAutauga County4.4%Alabama5.9%
4.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMAutauga County9.3%Alabama9.9%
9.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMAutauga County14.2%Alabama11.3%
14.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMAutauga County20.4%Alabama16.8%
20.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMAutauga County11.8%Alabama11.8%
11.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMAutauga County8.5%Alabama8.6%
8.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMAutauga County2.3%Alabama3.5%
2.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMAutauga County3.9%Alabama4.6%
3.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMAutauga County2.1%Alabama2.2%
2.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMAutauga County1.0%Alabama1.0%
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMAutauga County6.1%Alabama6.3%
6.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMAutauga County5.2%Alabama6.2%
5.2%
Autauga CountyAlabamaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Autauga County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 20.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.8% across Alabama. Early starts are less common than in Alabama: 15.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Alabama: 54.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.6% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.3%) 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 Autauga 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 Autauga 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 Autauga County next to Alabama 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
Autauga County
Alabama
United States
2009
7:12 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:14 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:11 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:13 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:13 AM
7:21 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:14 AM
7:21 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:16 AM
7:21 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:19 AM
7:21 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:19 AM
7:21 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:19 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:20 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:20 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:20 AM
7:21 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:18 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:22 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:17 AM
7:19 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Autauga County were on the road by 7:17 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:12 AM). Across Alabama, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Autauga County now leave 21 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 Autauga County has moved 3 minutes earlier.
How does Autauga County's commute time compare?
Metric
Autauga County
Alabama
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
23.9 min
22.1 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
6.7%
8.8%
15.0%
Walked
< 0.1%
1.1%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Autauga County is 23.9 minutes, longer than the 22.1 minutes in Alabama.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Alabama. 0.1% commute by walking, lower than the 1.1% in Alabama.
Autauga County, AL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Autauga County, AL is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 59,947 residents against a local median of 45,992. Autauga County, AL's one-way commute, at 23.9 min, runs 16% below the 28.4 min typical of the counties around it. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 13.2 min on one-way commute, so Autauga County, AL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Autauga County, AL has the 3rd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Autauga County, Alabama.
Is commuting expensive in Autauga County, Alabama?
Commuters here spend an estimated 199 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,176 at a typical national wage. That's 8% more than the typical Alabama commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Autauga County, Alabama?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Autauga County, Alabama. 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 common is public transit use in Autauga County, Alabama?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 0.3% in Alabama, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
How do commute times compare across counties in Alabama?
Among counties in Alabama, the shortest average commutes are in Pike County (16.4 min), Houston County (18.3 min), Escambia County (18.5 min). The longest are in Blount County (33.2 min), Pickens County (32.5 min), Lowndes County (31.9 min).