Geneva County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Geneva County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Geneva County spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 193 hours, about 8.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 5% more time on the road than the Alabama average of 22.1 minutes each way, a difference of 1.1 minutes.

Geneva County holds about 0.5% of Alabama's population but accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Geneva County would save about 77 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,396 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)
Geneva County	23.2 min	46.4 min	193 hrs/yr	$5,990	719
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.

Commute Time Map: Alabama Counties

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On average, it takes 23.2 minutes to get to work in Geneva County. That's 3% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 3.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Geneva County

• Car: 94.0%
• Worked at Home: 3.8%
• Other: 1.4%
• Walked: 0.7%
• Motorcycle: 0.1%
• Bicycle: < 0.1%
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is essentially absent in Geneva County, versus 0.3% in Alabama.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Geneva County, versus 0.1% in Alabama.

Commute Mode Trends in Geneva County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Geneva 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.

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• Worked at Home
• Other
• Walked
• Motorcycle
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Walked	Motorcycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	94.2%	3.7%	1.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	94.7%	3.4%	0.9%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	93.9%	3.2%	1.6%	1.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	93.7%	3.4%	1.5%	1.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	93.5%	3.9%	1.2%	1.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	93.9%	3.1%	1.3%	1.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	93.8%	3.4%	1.5%	0.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	93.4%	3.4%	2.1%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	93.8%	3.1%	2.0%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	95.0%	1.7%	2.3%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	95.7%	1.8%	1.8%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	95.6%	2.2%	1.3%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	96.1%	2.5%	0.5%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	95.0%	3.4%	0.4%	0.9%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	95.1%	3.5%	0.4%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2024	94.0%	3.8%	1.4%	0.7%	0.1%	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 was highest in 2021 at 96.1% and lowest in 2016 at 93.4%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 94.2% in 2009 and 94.0% in 2024. It has fallen in the latest release.

Commute Start Times in Geneva County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Geneva County?

The bars show when commuters in Geneva 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 AM Geneva County9.5% Alabama6.8%	9.5%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Geneva County4.5% Alabama5.1%	4.5%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Geneva County8.6% Alabama5.9%	8.6%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Geneva County13.3% Alabama9.9%	13.3%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Geneva County12.4% Alabama11.3%	12.4%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Geneva County16.1% Alabama16.8%	16.1%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Geneva County10.0% Alabama11.8%	10.0%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Geneva County7.7% Alabama8.6%	7.7%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Geneva County1.8% Alabama3.5%	1.8%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Geneva County1.8% Alabama4.6%	1.8%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Geneva County3.0% Alabama2.2%	3.0%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Geneva County1.0% Alabama1.0%	1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Geneva County5.4% Alabama6.3%	5.4%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Geneva County5.1% Alabama6.2%	5.1%

Geneva County Alabama Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Geneva County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.8% across Alabama. Early starts are more common than in Alabama: 22.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Alabama: 46.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.6% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.3%) 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 Geneva 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 Geneva 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 Geneva 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.

• Geneva County
• Alabama
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Geneva County	Alabama	United States
2009	7:07 AM	7:20 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:04 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:09 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:06 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:08 AM	7:21 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:04 AM	7:21 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:09 AM	7:21 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:06 AM	7:21 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:07 AM	7:21 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:10 AM	7:20 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:08 AM	7:20 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:10 AM	7:20 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:08 AM	7:21 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:10 AM	7:20 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:05 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:04 AM	7:19 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Geneva County were on the road by 7:04 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:07 AM). Across Alabama, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Geneva County now leave 34 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 Geneva County has moved 5 minutes earlier.

How does Geneva County's commute time compare?

Metric	Geneva County	Alabama	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.2 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	3.8%	8.8%	15.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Geneva County is 23.2 minutes, longer than the 22.1 minutes in Alabama.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Alabama. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.1% in Alabama.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau