Chamblee Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Chamblee, 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 Chamblee: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Chamblee spend about 48 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 199 hours, about 8.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% more time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 0.3 minutes.

Chamblee holds about 0.3% of Georgia's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Chamblee would save about 80 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,473 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)
Chamblee	23.9 min	47.9 min	199 hrs/yr	$6,183	3,826
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.

Chamblee Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.9 minutes to get to work in Chamblee. That's 7% 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 18.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Chamblee

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

Public transit is unusually common in Chamblee: 5.4 times more than the Georgia average (6.0% vs 1.1%).

Biking is unusually rare in Chamblee: 3.4 times less than the Georgia average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Chamblee, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Chamblee 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	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	78.1%	3.0%	8.9%	4.3%	5.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.3%
2010	74.7%	4.0%	10.8%	5.2%	4.7%	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%
2011	76.5%	3.6%	10.7%	4.7%	3.8%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%
2012	79.3%	3.3%	12.2%	2.8%	2.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2013	78.7%	3.3%	13.3%	2.7%	1.4%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
2014	78.3%	4.3%	13.5%	2.6%	0.9%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2015	80.8%	3.5%	11.6%	2.8%	0.8%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2016	81.7%	3.5%	11.1%	2.5%	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%	0.2%
2017	82.5%	3.4%	10.2%	2.8%	0.5%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	82.1%	4.1%	10.3%	2.0%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	82.6%	5.1%	9.2%	2.0%	0.4%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	81.3%	8.3%	8.2%	1.1%	0.4%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%
2021	78.3%	12.4%	7.4%	1.1%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	76.0%	15.4%	7.3%	0.6%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	73.7%	17.3%	6.7%	1.1%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2024	71.7%	18.9%	6.0%	2.1%	0.7%	0.5%	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 2019 at 82.6%. Overall it fell from 78.1% in 2009 to 71.7% in 2024, down 6.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Chamblee: its share of workers rose from 3.0% in 2009 to 18.9% in 2024, up 15.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 13.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 8.9% to 6.0% of workers (down 2.9 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Chamblee

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Chamblee?

The bars show when commuters in Chamblee 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		1.5%
5:00-5:29 AM		0.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		6.4%
7:00-7:29 AM		16.5%
7:30-7:59 AM		15.6%
8:00-8:29 AM		20.3%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.7%
9:00-9:59 AM		9.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		5.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		3.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Chamblee is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 20.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.6% across Georgia. Early starts are less common than in Georgia: 5.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Georgia: 58.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.8%) 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 Chamblee, 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 Chamblee 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 Chamblee 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	Chamblee	Georgia	United States
2009	7:27 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:30 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:54 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:53 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:55 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:57 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:58 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:55 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:01 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	8:00 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:58 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:57 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:57 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:53 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:56 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:00 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Chamblee were on the road by 8:00 AM, 33 minutes later than in 2009 (7:27 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Chamblee now leave 22 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 Chamblee has moved 2 minutes later.

How does Chamblee's commute time compare?

Metric	Chamblee	Georgia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.9 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	18.9%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	6.0%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Chamblee is about the same as in Georgia.

6.0% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.1% in Georgia. 2.1% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Georgia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Chamblee, GA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Chamblee, GA compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Chamblee, GA	28,693	23.9 min #3/3	18.9% #3/3	8:00 AM #1/3
Brookhaven, GA	58,965	22.9 min	29.2%	8:07 AM
Dunwoody, GA	51,089	23.6 min	33.7%	8:11 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Chamblee, Georgia.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 199 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,183 at a typical national wage. That's 1% more than the typical Georgia commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Chamblee, Georgia?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Chamblee, 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.

How common is public transit use in Chamblee, Georgia?

Public transit usage is notably higher here than typical: about 6.0% of commuters use it versus 1.1% in Georgia, making it a realistic option for many workers.