Forsyth County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Forsyth County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Forsyth County spend about 54 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 226 hours, about 9.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 15% more time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 3.5 minutes.

Forsyth County holds about 2.4% of Georgia's population but accounts for roughly 2.8% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Forsyth County would save about 90 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,803 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)
Forsyth County	27.1 min	54.3 min	226 hrs/yr	$7,008	2,923
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 27.1 minutes to get to work in Forsyth County. That's 21% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 75% of counties in Georgia

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 32.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Forsyth County

• Car: 65.5%
• Worked at Home: 32.5%
• Other: 1.0%
• Walked: 0.5%
• Taxi: 0.2%
• Public Transportation: 0.2% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1%
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in Forsyth County: 5.6 times less than the Georgia average (0.2% vs 1.1%).

Biking is unusually rare in Forsyth County: 13.9 times less than the Georgia average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Forsyth County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Forsyth 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
• Other
• Walked
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	88.3%	8.9%	1.0%	0.9%	0.5%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
2010	87.7%	9.0%	1.3%	0.8%	0.7%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%
2011	88.4%	8.5%	1.1%	0.8%	0.6%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
2012	88.3%	8.7%	1.0%	0.7%	0.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%
2013	88.7%	8.3%	1.2%	0.7%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2014	88.3%	8.6%	1.3%	0.8%	0.6%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2015	88.6%	9.3%	0.7%	0.7%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	87.5%	10.2%	0.8%	0.7%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	86.7%	10.9%	0.9%	0.7%	0.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	86.4%	11.3%	0.8%	0.6%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	85.8%	11.9%	0.8%	0.5%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2020	80.4%	17.3%	0.8%	0.5%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2021	76.1%	21.8%	0.8%	0.5%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2022	72.0%	25.8%	0.8%	0.5%	0.5%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	68.6%	29.4%	1.0%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	65.5%	32.5%	1.0%	0.5%	0.2%	0.2%	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 2013 at 88.7%. Overall it fell from 88.3% in 2009 to 65.5% in 2024, down 22.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 9 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Forsyth County: its share of workers rose from 8.9% in 2009 to 32.5% in 2024, up 23.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 20.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Commute Start Times in Forsyth County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Forsyth County?

The bars show when commuters in Forsyth 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 Forsyth County2.5% Georgia5.2%	2.5%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Forsyth County2.6% Georgia3.9%	2.6%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Forsyth County3.1% Georgia4.6%	3.1%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Forsyth County9.9% Georgia9.4%	9.9%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Forsyth County9.8% Georgia9.6%	9.8%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Forsyth County13.6% Georgia14.9%	13.6%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Forsyth County12.2% Georgia11.5%	12.2%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Forsyth County15.1% Georgia11.6%	15.1%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Forsyth County6.9% Georgia5.1%	6.9%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Forsyth County8.6% Georgia6.7%	8.6%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Forsyth County4.1% Georgia3.1%	4.1%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Forsyth County2.2% Georgia1.4%	2.2%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Forsyth County5.2% Georgia6.4%	5.2%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Forsyth County4.3% Georgia6.7%	4.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Forsyth County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 15.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.6% across Georgia. Early starts are less common than in Georgia: 8.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Georgia: 50.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.4%) 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 Forsyth 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 Forsyth 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 Forsyth 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.

• Forsyth County
• Georgia
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Forsyth County	Georgia	United States
2009	7:33 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:34 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:34 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:39 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:39 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:39 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:37 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:39 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:38 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:39 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:42 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:45 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:47 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:49 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:51 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:51 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Forsyth County were on the road by 7:51 AM, 18 minutes later than in 2009 (7:33 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Forsyth County now leave 13 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 Forsyth County has moved 9 minutes later.

How does Forsyth County's commute time compare?

Metric	Forsyth County	Georgia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	27.1 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	32.5%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Forsyth County is 27.1 minutes, longer than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Georgia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau