Commuting in Clarke 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 Clarke County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Clarke County spend about 34 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 142 hours, about 5.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 28% less time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 6.6 minutes.
Clarke County holds about 1.2% of Georgia's population but accounts for roughly 0.9% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Clarke County would save about 57 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,760 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)
Clarke County
17.0 min
34.1 min
142 hrs/yr
$4,401
1,905
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
17.0
minutes to get to work in
Clarke County.
That's 24% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 92% of counties in Georgia
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 13.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Clarke County
Car:
78.2%
Worked at Home:
13.5%
Walked:
4.6%unusually high
Public Transportation:
1.9%
Bicycle:
0.9%unusually high
Other:
0.6%
Taxi:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Walking is unusually common in Clarke County: 3.6 times more than the Georgia average (4.6% vs 1.3%).
Biking is unusually common in Clarke County: 5.8 times more than the Georgia average (0.9% vs 0.2%).
Clarke County stands out for active commuting: 5.5% of workers walk or bike to work, 3.8 times the Georgia average of 1.4%.
Commute Mode Trends in Clarke County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Clarke 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
Bicycle
Other
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
85.8%
3.2%
5.0%
3.7%
1.4%
0.4%
0.2%
0.4%
2010
84.9%
4.2%
4.8%
3.6%
1.3%
0.5%
0.1%
0.6%
2011
83.2%
4.0%
5.7%
4.1%
1.6%
0.5%
0.1%
0.8%
2012
83.7%
3.7%
5.7%
3.7%
1.7%
0.7%
0.0%
0.8%
2013
85.2%
3.4%
5.1%
3.1%
1.5%
0.9%
0.0%
0.7%
2014
85.7%
3.5%
4.5%
3.0%
1.6%
1.0%
0.0%
0.7%
2015
86.1%
2.9%
4.2%
4.1%
1.5%
0.9%
0.0%
0.4%
2016
86.4%
2.8%
4.0%
4.2%
1.3%
1.1%
0.0%
0.2%
2017
85.0%
4.2%
3.9%
4.5%
1.3%
1.0%
0.1%
0.2%
2018
83.4%
5.1%
3.8%
4.9%
1.6%
0.9%
0.1%
0.2%
2019
82.7%
5.5%
4.4%
4.5%
1.4%
0.9%
0.2%
0.3%
2020
81.2%
7.8%
5.2%
3.4%
1.3%
0.5%
0.3%
0.3%
2021
80.2%
10.0%
4.7%
2.6%
1.4%
0.5%
0.3%
0.3%
2022
80.2%
10.7%
4.7%
2.4%
1.1%
0.6%
0.2%
0.2%
2023
79.9%
11.8%
4.5%
2.1%
0.9%
0.4%
0.2%
0.2%
2024
78.2%
13.5%
4.6%
1.9%
0.9%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2016 at 86.4%. Overall it fell from 85.8% in 2009 to 78.2% in 2024, down 7.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Clarke County: its share of workers rose from 3.2% in 2009 to 13.5% in 2024, up 10.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.7% to 1.9% of workers (down 1.8 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2017 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Clarke County
🦉Night OwlThe 2nd-latest start among Georgia's 159 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 8:08 AM.
😴Sleeping InThe 2nd-highest share of 9 AM-or-later starts among Georgia's 159 counties: 33.2% of commuters leave at 9 AM or later.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Clarke County?
The bars show when commuters in Clarke 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 AMClarke County4.1%Georgia5.2%
4.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMClarke County3.3%Georgia3.9%
3.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMClarke County3.2%Georgia4.6%
3.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMClarke County5.0%Georgia9.4%
5.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMClarke County7.8%Georgia9.6%
7.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMClarke County10.5%Georgia14.9%
10.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMClarke County13.0%Georgia11.5%
13.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMClarke County11.6%Georgia11.6%
11.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMClarke County8.4%Georgia5.1%
8.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMClarke County8.4%Georgia6.7%
8.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMClarke County4.7%Georgia3.1%
4.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMClarke County2.8%Georgia1.4%
2.8%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMClarke County9.6%Georgia6.4%
9.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMClarke County7.8%Georgia6.7%
7.8%
Clarke CountyGeorgiaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Clarke County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 13.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.5% across Georgia. Early starts are less common than in Georgia: 10.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Georgia: 42.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (33.2%) 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 Clarke 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 Clarke 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 Clarke 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
Clarke County
Georgia
United States
2009
8:10 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2010
8:05 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
8:02 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
8:02 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2013
8:03 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2014
8:01 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2015
8:04 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
8:06 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2017
8:10 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2018
8:12 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
8:18 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
8:17 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2021
8:19 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
8:16 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
8:11 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2024
8:08 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Clarke County were on the road by 8:08 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (8:10 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Clarke County now leave 30 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 Clarke County has moved 9 minutes earlier.
How does Clarke County's commute time compare?
Metric
Clarke County
Georgia
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.0 min
23.6 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 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
13.5%
15.9%
15.0%
Walked
4.6%
1.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.9%
1.1%
3.2%
The average commute time in Clarke County is 17.0 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.
1.9% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.1% in Georgia. 4.6% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Georgia.
Clarke County, GA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Clarke County, GA is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 129,583 residents against a local median of 43,551. Clarke County, GA's one-way commute, at 17.0 min, runs 44% below the 30.2 min typical of the counties around it. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 13.5% against a local median of 9.4%, 43% above it. The counties themselves spread 10.5 min on one-way commute, so Clarke County, GA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Clarke County, GA has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Clarke County, Georgia.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Clarke County, Georgia?
Commuters here spend an estimated 142 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,401 at a typical national wage. That's 28% less than the typical Georgia commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Clarke County, Georgia?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Clarke 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.
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).