Commuting in Bleckley 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 Bleckley County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Bleckley County spend about 51 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 211 hours, about 8.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 7% more time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 1.6 minutes.
Bleckley County holds about 0.1% of Georgia's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Bleckley County would save about 84 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,612 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)
Bleckley County
25.3 min
50.6 min
211 hrs/yr
$6,531
494
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
25.3
minutes to get to work in
Bleckley County.
That's 13% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Bleckley County
Car:
90.3%
Worked at Home:
7.5%
Other:
1.3%
Walked:
0.8%
Public Transportation:
0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Bleckley County, versus 0.1% in Georgia.
Public transit is unusually rare in Bleckley County: 9.7 times less than the Georgia average (0.1% vs 1.1%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Bleckley County, versus 0.4% in Georgia.
Biking is essentially absent in Bleckley County, versus 0.2% in Georgia.
Commute Mode Trends in Bleckley County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Bleckley 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
Other
Walked
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
97.5%
2.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
97.1%
2.1%
0.2%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
92.5%
2.9%
0.1%
3.8%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
94.3%
1.8%
0.3%
2.6%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2013
93.0%
2.6%
0.9%
3.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2014
91.6%
2.7%
1.1%
3.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2015
93.2%
3.2%
0.4%
2.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2016
94.9%
2.8%
0.4%
1.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2017
95.1%
3.4%
0.2%
1.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
97.3%
2.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2019
97.4%
2.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2020
95.9%
2.1%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2021
94.9%
2.5%
2.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2022
93.7%
4.0%
1.9%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2023
92.1%
5.8%
1.7%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
90.3%
7.5%
1.3%
0.8%
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. Overall its share fell from 97.5% in 2009 to 90.3% in 2024, down 7.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Bleckley County: its share of workers rose from 2.1% in 2009 to 7.5% in 2024, up 5.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking overtook public transit to become the 4th most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.
Walking peaked at 3.8% in 2011 and has since fallen back to 0.8%.
Commute Start Times in Bleckley County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Bleckley County?
The bars show when commuters in Bleckley 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 AMBleckley County3.0%Georgia5.2%
3.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMBleckley County10.4%Georgia3.9%
10.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMBleckley County3.2%Georgia4.6%
3.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMBleckley County8.8%Georgia9.4%
8.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMBleckley County12.6%Georgia9.6%
12.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMBleckley County17.5%Georgia14.9%
17.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMBleckley County7.9%Georgia11.5%
7.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMBleckley County14.1%Georgia11.6%
14.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMBleckley County0.2%Georgia5.1%
0.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMBleckley County7.6%Georgia6.7%
7.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMBleckley County1.5%Georgia3.1%
1.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMBleckley County2.3%Georgia1.4%
2.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMBleckley County2.0%Georgia6.4%
2.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMBleckley County8.8%Georgia6.7%
8.8%
Bleckley CountyGeorgiaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Bleckley County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% across Georgia. Early starts are more common than in Georgia: 16.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Georgia: 52.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (22.2%) 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 Bleckley 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 Bleckley 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 Bleckley 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
Bleckley County
Georgia
United States
2009
7:14 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:10 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:14 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:12 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:13 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:14 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:16 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:15 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:17 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:12 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:12 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:00 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:04 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:03 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:11 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:20 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Bleckley County were on the road by 7:20 AM, 6 minutes later than in 2009 (7:14 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Bleckley 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 Bleckley County has moved 9 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Bleckley County in the whole series.
How does Bleckley County's commute time compare?
Metric
Bleckley County
Georgia
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
25.3 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
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
7.5%
15.9%
15.0%
Walked
0.8%
1.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.1%
1.1%
3.2%
The average commute time in Bleckley County is 25.3 minutes, longer than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 0.8% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Georgia.
Bleckley County, GA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Bleckley County, GA is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 12,430 residents against a local median of 9,939. Bleckley County, GA's work from home, at 7.5%, runs 23% above the 6.1% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 6.5% on work from home, so Bleckley County, GA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Bleckley County, GA has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Bleckley County, Georgia.
Is commuting expensive in Bleckley County, Georgia?
Commuters here spend an estimated 211 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,531 at a typical national wage. That's 7% more than the typical Georgia commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Bleckley County, Georgia?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Bleckley County, Georgia. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Bleckley County, Georgia?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 1.1% in Georgia, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
How do commute times compare across 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).