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Greene County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Greene 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 Greene County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Greene County spend about 44 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 182 hours, about 7.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 7% less time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 1.8 minutes.

Greene County holds about 0.2% of Georgia's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Greene County would save about 73 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,261 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)
Greene County 21.9 min 43.8 min 182 hrs/yr $5,654 691
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.

Commute Time Map: Georgia Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Georgia
  1. Chattahoochee County (8.6 min)
  2. Ben Hill County (12.7 min)
  3. Tift County (15.8 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Georgia
  1. Talbot County (40.8 min)
  2. McIntosh County (37.7 min)
  3. Paulding County (36.4 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Greene County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 21.9 minutes to get to work in Greene County. That's 2% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 15.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Greene County

  • Car: 80.8%
  • Worked at Home: 15.7%
  • Walked: 2.3%
  • Other: 1.2%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Public transit is essentially absent in Greene County, versus 1.1% in Georgia.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Greene County, versus 0.4% in Georgia.

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

Commute Mode Trends in Greene County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Greene 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 Other Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 92.4% 3.4% 2.2% 1.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2010 90.7% 5.6% 1.6% 1.1% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2011 93.7% 4.2% 0.7% 0.5% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2012 91.6% 5.7% 1.5% 0.6% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2013 90.1% 6.7% 1.3% 1.3% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 87.5% 7.8% 1.1% 3.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 89.2% 6.3% 1.3% 3.0% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 87.6% 7.2% 1.4% 3.7% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 87.4% 7.2% 0.8% 4.1% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 87.8% 7.7% 0.7% 3.5% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 89.7% 7.9% 0.6% 1.4% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 89.4% 8.6% 0.6% 1.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 90.1% 8.5% 0.6% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 89.1% 9.3% 0.8% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 85.7% 11.9% 1.7% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 80.8% 15.7% 2.3% 1.2% 0.0% 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 peaked in 2011 at 93.7%. Overall it fell from 92.4% in 2009 to 80.8% in 2024, down 11.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Greene County: its share of workers rose from 3.4% in 2009 to 15.7% in 2024, up 12.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.7% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Greene County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Greene County?

The bars show when commuters in Greene 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
4.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
3.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
1.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
12.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
18.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
19.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
11.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
7.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
4.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
6.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
3.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Greene County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% across Georgia. Early starts are less common than in Georgia: 9.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Georgia: 57.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.3%) 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 Greene 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 Greene 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 Greene 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 Greene County Georgia United States
2009 7:39 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:41 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:43 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:42 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:43 AM 7:37 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:40 AM 7:37 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:36 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:31 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:28 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:32 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:29 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:25 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:30 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:25 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:21 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:16 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Greene County were on the road by 7:16 AM, 23 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:39 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Greene County now leave 22 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 Greene County has moved 13 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Greene County in the whole series.

How does Greene County's commute time compare?

Metric Greene County Georgia US Average
Avg. Commute Time 21.9 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 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 15.7% 15.9% 15.0%
Walked 2.3% 1.3% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.1% 3.2%

The average commute time in Greene County is 21.9 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 2.3% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Georgia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Greene County, GA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Greene County, GA is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 20,109 residents against a local median of 15,509. Where Greene County, GA breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 67% above the local median of 9.4% at 15.7%.

The counties themselves spread 9.6% on work from home, so Greene County, GA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Greene County, GA has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Greene County, GA 20,109 21.9 min #1/6 15.7% #1/6 7:16 AM #1/6
Taliaferro County, GA 1,558 23.7 min 9.9% 7:21 AM
Oglethorpe County, GA 15,509 31.0 min 9.4% 7:23 AM
Morgan County, GA 21,078 25.2 min 8.9% 7:28 AM
Putnam County, GA 22,855 23.3 min 12.0% 7:26 AM
Hancock County, GA 8,650 27.8 min 2.4% 7:22 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Greene County, Georgia.

Is living in Greene County, Georgia good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 182 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,654 at a typical national wage. That's 7% less than the typical Georgia commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Greene County, Georgia?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Greene County, Georgia. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Greene County, Georgia?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 1.1% in Georgia, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

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).