Commuting in Baldwin County, Georgia: 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 Baldwin County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Baldwin County spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 151 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 23% less time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 5.5 minutes.
Baldwin County holds about 0.4% of Georgia's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Baldwin County would save about 60 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,875 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)
Baldwin County
18.1 min
36.3 min
151 hrs/yr
$4,688
730
Georgia
23.6 min
47.3 min
197 hrs/yr
$6,109
1,447
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
18.1
minutes to get to work in
Baldwin County.
That's 19% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 83% of counties in Georgia
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 8.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Baldwin County
Car:
89.2%
Worked at Home:
8.2%
Walked:
1.2%
Other:
1.1%
Taxi:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Baldwin County, versus 0.1% in Georgia.
Public transit is essentially absent in Baldwin County, versus 1.1% in Georgia.
Biking is essentially absent in Baldwin County, versus 0.2% in Georgia.
Commute Mode Trends in Baldwin County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Baldwin 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
Taxi
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
91.2%
1.1%
4.4%
1.1%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
1.4%
2010
92.2%
1.1%
4.1%
0.9%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
1.4%
2011
93.3%
1.7%
2.9%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
1.1%
2012
91.7%
1.7%
3.5%
1.2%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
1.4%
2013
93.8%
1.7%
2.9%
1.1%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2014
94.0%
1.9%
2.2%
1.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2015
93.6%
1.6%
2.8%
1.5%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2016
93.0%
1.6%
3.6%
1.4%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
94.0%
1.7%
2.5%
1.1%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
93.8%
1.7%
2.5%
1.0%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.2%
2019
94.0%
1.4%
2.3%
1.0%
0.4%
0.7%
0.0%
0.1%
2020
93.1%
2.3%
1.6%
2.0%
0.3%
0.6%
0.0%
0.1%
2021
92.6%
3.5%
0.7%
2.2%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
2022
91.6%
4.8%
0.5%
2.2%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
0.3%
2023
90.8%
6.6%
0.7%
1.2%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
89.2%
8.2%
1.2%
1.1%
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 2014 at 94.0%. Overall it fell from 91.2% in 2009 to 89.2% in 2024, down 2.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Baldwin County: its share of workers rose from 1.1% in 2009 to 8.2% in 2024, up 7.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.4% to 1.2% of workers (down 3.2 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Baldwin County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Baldwin County?
The bars show when commuters in Baldwin 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 Georgia for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMBaldwin County2.6%Georgia5.2%
2.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMBaldwin County3.2%Georgia3.9%
3.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMBaldwin County3.5%Georgia4.6%
3.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMBaldwin County7.7%Georgia9.4%
7.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMBaldwin County9.2%Georgia9.6%
9.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMBaldwin County18.0%Georgia14.9%
18.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMBaldwin County14.2%Georgia11.5%
14.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMBaldwin County11.1%Georgia11.6%
11.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMBaldwin County6.4%Georgia5.1%
6.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMBaldwin County5.6%Georgia6.7%
5.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMBaldwin County4.5%Georgia3.1%
4.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMBaldwin County1.1%Georgia1.4%
1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMBaldwin County4.9%Georgia6.4%
4.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMBaldwin County8.0%Georgia6.7%
8.0%
Baldwin CountyGeorgiaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Baldwin County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% across Georgia. Early starts are less common than in Georgia: 9.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Georgia: 52.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.1%) 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 Baldwin 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 Baldwin 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 Baldwin County next to Georgia 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
Baldwin County
Georgia
United States
2009
7:39 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:42 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:41 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:39 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:45 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:41 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:43 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:47 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:43 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:44 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:47 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:44 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:42 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Baldwin County were on the road by 7:42 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:39 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Baldwin County now leave 4 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Baldwin County has moved 5 minutes earlier.
How does Baldwin County's commute time compare?
Metric
Baldwin County
Georgia
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.1 min
23.6 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
8.2%
15.9%
15.0%
Walked
1.2%
1.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
1.1%
3.2%
The average commute time in Baldwin County is 18.1 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Georgia.
Baldwin County, GA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Baldwin County, GA is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 43,642 residents against a local median of 8,747. Where Baldwin County, GA breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 32% below the local median of 26.8 min at 18.1 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves sit within 4.5 min of each other on one-way commute, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Baldwin County, GA, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Baldwin County, GA has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Baldwin County, Georgia.
Is commuting expensive in Baldwin County, Georgia?
Commuters here spend an estimated 151 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,688 at a typical national wage. That's 23% less than the typical Georgia commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Baldwin County, Georgia?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Baldwin County, Georgia. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Do people use public transit in Baldwin County, Georgia?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 1.1% in Georgia, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Which counties in Georgia have the fastest and slowest commutes?
Among counties in Georgia, the shortest average commutes are in Chattahoochee County (8.6 min), Ben Hill County (12.7 min), Tift County (15.8 min). The longest are in Talbot County (40.8 min), McIntosh County (37.7 min), Paulding County (36.4 min).