Commuting in Blount 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 Blount County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Blount County spend about 66 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 277 hours, about 11.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 50% more time on the road than the Alabama average of 22.1 minutes each way, a difference of 11.1 minutes.
Blount County holds about 1.2% of Alabama's population but accounts for roughly 1.8% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Blount County would save about 111 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,434 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)
Blount County
33.2 min
66.5 min
277 hrs/yr
$8,586
1,009
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
33.2
minutes to get to work in
Blount County.
That's 48% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slowest county in Alabama
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Blount County
Car:
92.7%
Worked at Home:
6.1%
Walked:
0.6%
Other:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is essentially absent in Blount County, versus 0.3% in Alabama.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Blount County, versus 0.1% in Alabama.
Biking is essentially absent in Blount County, versus 0.1% in Alabama.
Commute Mode Trends in Blount County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Blount 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
Public Transportation
Taxi
Bicycle
2009
95.0%
3.0%
1.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2010
94.9%
3.3%
1.5%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
95.4%
2.9%
1.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
95.6%
2.9%
0.8%
0.3%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
96.1%
2.2%
1.1%
0.3%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
95.9%
2.3%
0.9%
0.5%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
96.0%
2.3%
0.9%
0.4%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
96.3%
2.2%
0.9%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
97.0%
2.1%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
96.6%
2.3%
0.2%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
97.2%
1.5%
0.4%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
96.8%
2.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
95.7%
2.8%
0.6%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
94.3%
4.1%
0.9%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
94.0%
4.6%
0.9%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
92.7%
6.1%
0.6%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
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 2019 at 97.2%. Overall it fell from 95.0% in 2009 to 92.7% in 2024, down 2.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Blount County: its share of workers rose from 3.0% in 2009 to 6.1% in 2024, up 3.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.6% to 0.6% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Blount County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Blount County?
The bars show when commuters in Blount 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 AMBlount County10.5%Alabama6.8%
10.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMBlount County8.4%Alabama5.1%
8.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMBlount County8.9%Alabama5.9%
8.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMBlount County13.5%Alabama9.9%
13.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMBlount County11.5%Alabama11.3%
11.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMBlount County15.6%Alabama16.8%
15.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMBlount County7.9%Alabama11.8%
7.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMBlount County7.8%Alabama8.6%
7.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMBlount County1.7%Alabama3.5%
1.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMBlount County1.8%Alabama4.6%
1.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMBlount County0.8%Alabama2.2%
0.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMBlount County0.4%Alabama1.0%
0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMBlount County6.2%Alabama6.3%
6.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMBlount County5.2%Alabama6.2%
5.2%
Blount CountyAlabamaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Blount County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.8% across Alabama. Early starts are more common than in Alabama: 27.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Alabama: 42.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.6% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.3%) 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 Blount 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 Blount 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 Blount 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
Blount County
Alabama
United States
2009
7:01 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:01 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:04 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:04 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:06 AM
7:21 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:08 AM
7:21 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:06 AM
7:21 AM
7:38 AM
2016
6:59 AM
7:21 AM
7:38 AM
2017
6:53 AM
7:21 AM
7:38 AM
2018
6:52 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2019
6:51 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2020
6:50 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2021
6:50 AM
7:21 AM
7:37 AM
2022
6:50 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2023
6:51 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2024
6:53 AM
7:19 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Blount County were on the road by 6:53 AM, 8 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:01 AM). Across Alabama, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Blount County now leave 45 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 Blount County has moved 2 minutes later.
How does Blount County's commute time compare?
Metric
Blount County
Alabama
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
33.2 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
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
6.1%
8.8%
15.0%
Walked
0.6%
1.1%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Blount County is 33.2 minutes, longer than the 22.1 minutes in Alabama.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Alabama. 0.6% commute by walking, lower than the 1.1% in Alabama.
Blount County, AL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Blount County, AL is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 59,518 residents against a local median of 99,748. Where Blount County, AL breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 55% above the local median of 21.5 min at 33.2 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 10.7 min on one-way commute, so Blount County, AL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Blount County, AL has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Blount County, Alabama.
Is commuting expensive in Blount County, Alabama?
Commuters here spend an estimated 277 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,586 at a typical national wage. That's 50% more than the typical Alabama commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Blount County, Alabama?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Blount County, Alabama. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Blount County, Alabama?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% 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).