Commuting in Chilton 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 Chilton County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Chilton County spend about 60 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 251 hours, about 10.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 36% more time on the road than the Alabama average of 22.1 minutes each way, a difference of 8.0 minutes.
Chilton County holds about 0.9% of Alabama's population but accounts for roughly 1.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Chilton County would save about 100 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,115 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)
Chilton County
30.1 min
60.3 min
251 hrs/yr
$7,787
807
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
30.1
minutes to get to work in
Chilton County.
That's 34% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 85% of counties in Alabama
The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Chilton County
Car:
91.0%
Worked at Home:
6.4%
Walked:
1.6%
Other:
0.9%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is essentially absent in Chilton County, versus 0.3% in Alabama.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Chilton County, versus 0.1% in Alabama.
Commute Mode Trends in Chilton County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Chilton 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
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
2009
96.5%
1.6%
0.8%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2010
96.4%
1.6%
1.0%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2011
96.6%
1.3%
0.9%
0.7%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2012
96.8%
1.2%
0.9%
0.7%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2013
96.0%
1.5%
1.0%
1.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2014
95.6%
1.7%
1.1%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2015
95.4%
1.9%
1.1%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2016
95.5%
1.8%
0.8%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
95.8%
1.7%
0.6%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2018
96.1%
2.5%
0.4%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
96.7%
2.3%
0.5%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
96.1%
2.6%
0.3%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
94.1%
3.8%
1.4%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
93.0%
4.5%
1.6%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
91.9%
5.9%
1.3%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
91.0%
6.4%
1.6%
0.9%
0.1%
0.1%
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 2012 at 96.8%. Overall it fell from 96.5% in 2009 to 91.0% in 2024, down 5.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Chilton County: its share of workers rose from 1.6% in 2009 to 6.4% in 2024, up 4.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Commute Start Times in Chilton County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Chilton County?
The bars show when commuters in Chilton 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 AMChilton County9.4%Alabama6.8%
9.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMChilton County10.0%Alabama5.1%
10.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMChilton County10.5%Alabama5.9%
10.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMChilton County16.5%Alabama9.9%
16.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMChilton County10.3%Alabama11.3%
10.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMChilton County15.3%Alabama16.8%
15.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMChilton County6.1%Alabama11.8%
6.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMChilton County5.5%Alabama8.6%
5.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMChilton County3.1%Alabama3.5%
3.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMChilton County2.0%Alabama4.6%
2.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMChilton County0.6%Alabama2.2%
0.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMChilton County1.5%Alabama1.0%
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMChilton County4.9%Alabama6.3%
4.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMChilton County4.3%Alabama6.2%
4.3%
Chilton CountyAlabamaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Chilton County is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 16.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.9% across Alabama. Early starts are more common than in Alabama: 29.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Alabama: 37.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.6% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (13.4%) 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 Chilton 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 Chilton 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 Chilton 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
Chilton County
Alabama
United States
2009
6:50 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2010
6:49 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2011
6:48 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2012
6:48 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2013
6:52 AM
7:21 AM
7:39 AM
2014
6:50 AM
7:21 AM
7:39 AM
2015
6:54 AM
7:21 AM
7:38 AM
2016
6:55 AM
7:21 AM
7:38 AM
2017
6:54 AM
7:21 AM
7:38 AM
2018
6:51 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:00 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2020
6:49 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2021
6:56 AM
7:21 AM
7:37 AM
2022
6:53 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2023
6:47 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2024
6:41 AM
7:19 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Chilton County were on the road by 6:41 AM, 9 minutes earlier than in 2009 (6:50 AM). Across Alabama, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Chilton County now leave 57 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 Chilton County has moved 19 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Chilton County in the whole series.
How does Chilton County's commute time compare?
Metric
Chilton County
Alabama
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
30.1 min
22.1 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
6.4%
8.8%
15.0%
Walked
1.6%
1.1%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Chilton County is 30.1 minutes, longer than the 22.1 minutes in Alabama.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Alabama. 1.6% commute by walking, higher than the 1.1% in Alabama.
Chilton County, AL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Chilton County, AL is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 45,992 residents against a local median of 22,130. Where Chilton County, AL breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 26% above the local median of 23.9 min at 30.1 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 9.4 min on one-way commute, so Chilton County, AL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Chilton County, AL has the 4th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Chilton County, Alabama.
Is living in Chilton County, Alabama good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 251 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,787 at a typical national wage. That's 36% more than the typical Alabama commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Chilton County, Alabama?
Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Chilton County, Alabama. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Chilton 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).