Brookhaven Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Brookhaven, 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 Brookhaven: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Brookhaven spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 190 hours, about 7.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 3% less time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 0.8 minutes.

Brookhaven holds about 0.5% of Georgia's population and accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Brookhaven would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,362 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)
Brookhaven	22.9 min	45.7 min	190 hrs/yr	$5,905	3,999
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.

Brookhaven Commute Map

On average, it takes 22.9 minutes to get to work in Brookhaven. That's 2% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 29.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Brookhaven

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Brookhaven: 4.2 times less than the Georgia average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Driving is 20% less common in Brookhaven than the Georgia average (63.5% vs 79.8%).

Public transit is unusually common in Brookhaven: 3.1 times more than the Georgia average (3.5% vs 1.1%).

Taking a taxi is unusually common in Brookhaven: 3.3 times more than the Georgia average (1.4% vs 0.4%).

Commute Mode Trends in Brookhaven, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Brookhaven 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	Public Transportation	Walked	Taxi	Other	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	77.8%	7.4%	9.3%	2.8%	0.2%	2.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	75.8%	8.0%	10.0%	2.4%	0.2%	3.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	74.2%	7.8%	11.4%	2.6%	0.4%	3.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	76.1%	7.4%	10.9%	2.2%	0.4%	2.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	77.4%	7.3%	11.2%	1.7%	0.4%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	77.5%	6.8%	11.4%	1.5%	0.5%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	79.9%	6.7%	9.9%	1.3%	0.5%	1.5%	0.1%	0.0%
2016	81.1%	7.4%	8.3%	1.4%	0.4%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	80.2%	8.3%	9.1%	1.1%	0.2%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	80.1%	9.0%	8.3%	1.1%	0.5%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%
2019	79.3%	10.0%	8.4%	1.0%	0.4%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%
2020	75.4%	15.8%	6.9%	0.9%	0.3%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	70.7%	20.9%	6.2%	0.6%	0.6%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%
2022	67.6%	25.6%	4.5%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	65.7%	27.3%	4.3%	1.0%	0.8%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	63.5%	29.2%	3.5%	1.5%	1.4%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2016 at 81.1%. Overall it fell from 77.8% in 2009 to 63.5% in 2024, down 14.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Brookhaven: its share of workers rose from 7.4% in 2009 to 29.2% in 2024, up 21.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 19.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 9.3% to 3.5% of workers (down 5.8 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Brookhaven

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Brookhaven?

The bars show when commuters in Brookhaven 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		1.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		0.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.3%
6:30-6:59 AM		6.0%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		14.6%
8:00-8:29 AM		19.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		12.1%
9:00-9:59 AM		10.7%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		3.8%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.0%

Brookhaven Georgia Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Brookhaven is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 19.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.6% across Georgia. Early starts are less common than in Georgia: 3.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Georgia: 55.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.7%) 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 Brookhaven, 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 Brookhaven 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 Brookhaven 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	Brookhaven	Georgia	United States
2009	8:05 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:06 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:07 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	8:08 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:06 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:04 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:02 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:00 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:59 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:56 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:58 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:03 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:04 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:07 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:09 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:07 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Brookhaven were on the road by 8:07 AM, 1 minute later than in 2009 (8:05 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Brookhaven now leave 29 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 Brookhaven has moved 9 minutes later.

How does Brookhaven's commute time compare?

Metric	Brookhaven	Georgia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.9 min	23.6 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	29.2%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	3.5%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Brookhaven is 22.9 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.

3.5% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.1% in Georgia. 1.5% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Georgia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Brookhaven, GA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Brookhaven, GA is the 2nd largest of the 4 cities compared here, 58,965 residents against a local median of 51,089. Brookhaven, GA sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these cities turns on things this data does not capture.

The largest of those small differences is work from home, 9% below the local median at 29.2% against 32.1%. Brookhaven, GA has the 3rd highest work from home of the 4 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Brookhaven, GA	58,965	22.9 min #2/4	29.2% #3/4	8:07 AM #2/4
Chamblee, GA	28,693	23.9 min	18.9%	8:00 AM
Dunwoody, GA	51,089	23.6 min	33.7%	8:11 AM
Sandy Springs, GA	106,483	22.6 min	32.1%	8:13 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Brookhaven, Georgia.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Brookhaven, Georgia?

Commuters here spend an estimated 190 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,905 at a typical national wage. That's 3% less than the typical Georgia commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Brookhaven, Georgia?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Brookhaven, Georgia. 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 Brookhaven, Georgia?

Public transit usage is notably higher here than typical: about 3.5% of commuters use it versus 1.1% in Georgia, making it a realistic option for many workers.

How much money can remote workers save in Brookhaven, Georgia?

About 29.2% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Brookhaven would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,362 at the same national wage assumption used above.