Candler County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Candler County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Candler County spend about 41 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 170 hours, about 7.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 14% less time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 3.2 minutes.

Candler 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 Candler County would save about 68 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,109 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)
Candler County	20.4 min	40.8 min	170 hrs/yr	$5,272	424
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.

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On average, it takes 20.4 minutes to get to work in Candler County. That's 9% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 72% 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 3.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Candler County

• Car: 95.2%
• Worked at Home: 3.1% unusually low
• Walked: 1.2%
• Taxi: 0.2%
• Public Transportation: 0.2% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Other: < 0.1%

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Candler County, versus 0.1% in Georgia.

Public transit is unusually rare in Candler County: 6.3 times less than the Georgia average (0.2% vs 1.1%).

Working from home is unusually rare in Candler County: 5.1 times less than the Georgia average (3.1% vs 15.9%).

Biking is essentially absent in Candler County, versus 0.2% in Georgia.

Commute Mode Trends in Candler County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Candler 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
• Walked
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• Other

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Other
2009	87.1%	7.5%	0.4%	1.2%	0.0%	2.2%	0.0%	1.7%
2010	85.2%	9.4%	0.3%	0.8%	0.0%	2.3%	0.0%	2.0%
2011	88.4%	7.9%	0.2%	0.5%	0.0%	1.4%	0.1%	1.4%
2012	91.2%	5.9%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	2.2%
2013	92.5%	3.9%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	2.7%
2014	92.7%	4.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	2.5%
2015	94.5%	1.6%	1.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	2.4%
2016	94.8%	2.1%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.9%
2017	96.1%	2.1%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2018	96.1%	2.1%	1.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%
2019	94.7%	2.9%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.8%
2020	94.7%	3.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	1.4%
2021	94.4%	3.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%	1.8%
2022	94.6%	2.7%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%	1.2%
2023	93.9%	3.6%	1.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.5%	0.7%
2024	95.2%	3.1%	1.2%	0.2%	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 was highest in 2017 at 96.1% and lowest in 2010 at 85.2%. Overall it rose from 87.1% in 2009 to 95.2% in 2024, up 8.1 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Walking gained the most ground in Candler County: its share of workers rose from 0.4% in 2009 to 1.2% in 2024, up 0.8 percentage points.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 7.5% to 3.1% of workers (down 4.4 percentage points).

Walking overtook public transit to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2014 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Candler County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Candler County?

The bars show when commuters in Candler 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 AM Candler County5.4% Georgia5.2%	5.4%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Candler County2.9% Georgia3.9%	2.9%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Candler County2.5% Georgia4.6%	2.5%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Candler County9.1% Georgia9.4%	9.1%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Candler County10.0% Georgia9.6%	10.0%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Candler County16.9% Georgia14.9%	16.9%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Candler County15.7% Georgia11.5%	15.7%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Candler County7.5% Georgia11.6%	7.5%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Candler County5.3% Georgia5.1%	5.3%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Candler County7.3% Georgia6.7%	7.3%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Candler County4.4% Georgia3.1%	4.4%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Candler County0.0% Georgia1.4%	0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Candler County6.1% Georgia6.4%	6.1%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Candler County7.0% Georgia6.7%	7.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Candler County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% across Georgia. Early starts are less common than in Georgia: 10.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Georgia: 50.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.7%) 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 Candler 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 Candler 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 Candler 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.

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Show typical departure times by year

Year	Candler County	Georgia	United States
2009	7:30 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:35 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:36 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:38 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:28 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:34 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:31 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:29 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:32 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:36 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:30 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:28 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:26 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:27 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:32 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:36 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Candler County were on the road by 7:36 AM, 6 minutes later than in 2009 (7:30 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Candler County now leave 2 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 Candler County has moved 6 minutes later.

How does Candler County's commute time compare?

Metric	Candler County	Georgia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	20.4 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	3.1%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Candler County is 20.4 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Georgia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau