Commuting in Bartow 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 Bartow County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Bartow County spend about 50 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 209 hours, about 8.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 6% more time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 1.5 minutes.
Bartow County holds about 1.0% of Georgia's population but accounts for roughly 1.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Bartow County would save about 84 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,596 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)
Bartow County
25.1 min
50.2 min
209 hrs/yr
$6,491
2,353
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
25.1
minutes to get to work in
Bartow County.
That's 12% 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 11.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Bartow County
Car:
86.4%
Worked at Home:
11.3%
Walked:
0.8%
Public Transportation:
0.6%
Taxi:
0.4%
Other:
0.3%
Bicycle:
0.1%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Commute Mode Trends in Bartow County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Bartow 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
Public Transportation
Taxi
Other
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
95.4%
2.0%
0.4%
0.6%
0.1%
1.4%
0.2%
0.1%
2010
94.9%
2.2%
0.3%
0.4%
0.1%
1.8%
0.3%
0.1%
2011
94.7%
2.5%
0.3%
0.4%
0.4%
1.3%
0.3%
0.0%
2012
94.6%
2.9%
0.3%
0.5%
0.4%
1.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2013
94.0%
3.1%
0.4%
0.3%
0.6%
1.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2014
93.4%
3.5%
0.5%
0.4%
0.5%
1.5%
0.2%
0.0%
2015
92.7%
4.0%
0.6%
0.7%
0.5%
1.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2016
91.8%
5.1%
0.6%
0.7%
0.2%
1.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
91.6%
5.3%
0.7%
0.8%
0.4%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
91.3%
5.7%
0.8%
0.8%
0.3%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
91.8%
5.7%
0.8%
0.7%
0.3%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
91.1%
6.8%
0.7%
0.8%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
89.7%
8.0%
0.6%
1.0%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2022
88.4%
9.0%
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2023
87.3%
10.2%
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2024
86.4%
11.3%
0.8%
0.6%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 95.4% in 2009 to 86.4% in 2024, down 9.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Bartow County: its share of workers rose from 2.0% in 2009 to 11.3% in 2024, up 9.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Commute Start Times in Bartow County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Bartow County?
The bars show when commuters in Bartow 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 AMBartow County4.4%Georgia5.2%
4.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMBartow County4.4%Georgia3.9%
4.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMBartow County4.5%Georgia4.6%
4.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMBartow County12.7%Georgia9.4%
12.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMBartow County9.7%Georgia9.6%
9.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMBartow County20.0%Georgia14.9%
20.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMBartow County10.6%Georgia11.5%
10.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMBartow County11.2%Georgia11.6%
11.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMBartow County4.1%Georgia5.1%
4.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMBartow County3.4%Georgia6.7%
3.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMBartow County1.9%Georgia3.1%
1.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMBartow County1.5%Georgia1.4%
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMBartow County4.8%Georgia6.4%
4.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMBartow County6.7%Georgia6.7%
6.7%
Bartow CountyGeorgiaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Bartow County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 20.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% across Georgia. Early starts are about as common as in Georgia: 13.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Georgia: 51.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% 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 Bartow 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 Bartow 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 Bartow 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
Bartow County
Georgia
United States
2009
7:22 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:20 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:21 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:22 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:21 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:23 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:22 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:21 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:24 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:22 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:22 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:24 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:25 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:21 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Bartow County were on the road by 7:21 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved either. Commuters in Bartow County now leave 17 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 Bartow County has moved 3 minutes earlier.
How does Bartow County's commute time compare?
Metric
Bartow County
Georgia
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
25.1 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
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
11.3%
15.9%
15.0%
Walked
0.8%
1.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.6%
1.1%
3.2%
The average commute time in Bartow County is 25.1 minutes, longer than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.
0.6% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 0.8% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Georgia.
Bartow County, GA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Bartow County, GA is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 113,109 residents against a local median of 178,866. The measure that sets Bartow County, GA apart most is work from home: 11.3%, 24% below the local median of 14.9%.
The counties themselves spread 16.7% on work from home, so Bartow County, GA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Bartow County, GA has the 4th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Bartow County, Georgia.
Is commuting expensive in Bartow County, Georgia?
Commuters here spend an estimated 209 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,491 at a typical national wage. That's 6% more than the typical Georgia commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Bartow County, Georgia?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Bartow County, Georgia. 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.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in Georgia?
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).