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Commuting in Hinesville, 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 Hinesville: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Hinesville spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 151 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 23% less time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 5.5 minutes.

Hinesville 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 Hinesville would save about 61 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,878 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)
Hinesville 18.2 min 36.3 min 151 hrs/yr $4,695 1,922
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.

Hinesville Commute Map

On average, it takes 18.2 minutes to get to work in Hinesville. That's 19% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 05:30 AM – 05:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Hinesville

  • Car: 91.5%
  • Worked at Home: 6.2%
  • Other: 0.9%
  • Walked: 0.7%
  • Bicycle: 0.3%
  • Taxi: 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Hinesville: 299.1 times less than the Georgia average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Hinesville: 13.6 times less than the Georgia average (0.1% vs 1.1%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Hinesville: 3.1 times less than the Georgia average (0.1% vs 0.4%).

Commute Mode Trends in Hinesville, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Hinesville 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 Other Walked Bicycle Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle
2009 94.1% 0.6% 2.5% 1.8% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2%
2010 94.7% 0.9% 1.5% 1.2% 0.3% 0.5% 0.7% 0.1%
2011 95.3% 1.0% 1.1% 0.6% 0.3% 0.3% 1.3% 0.1%
2012 96.0% 0.8% 1.1% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.9% 0.2%
2013 96.6% 0.7% 0.8% 0.6% 0.1% 0.3% 0.8% 0.1%
2014 95.9% 0.8% 1.2% 1.0% 0.1% 0.2% 0.6% 0.1%
2015 95.4% 0.6% 1.3% 1.4% 0.1% 0.1% 1.0% 0.2%
2016 95.9% 0.4% 1.3% 1.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.6% 0.2%
2017 94.9% 1.0% 1.0% 1.9% 0.1% 0.3% 0.6% 0.1%
2018 94.0% 1.5% 1.0% 1.7% 0.5% 0.3% 0.8% 0.1%
2019 92.8% 2.7% 0.6% 2.4% 0.5% 0.3% 0.6% 0.1%
2020 93.3% 2.9% 1.0% 1.6% 0.5% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0%
2021 92.7% 3.7% 1.4% 1.4% 0.5% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
2022 92.3% 4.7% 1.4% 1.0% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
2023 92.0% 5.6% 0.9% 1.0% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 91.5% 6.2% 0.9% 0.7% 0.3% 0.1% 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 96.6%. Overall it fell from 94.1% in 2009 to 91.5% in 2024, down 2.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Hinesville: its share of workers rose from 0.6% in 2009 to 6.2% in 2024, up 5.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.8% to 0.7% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.

Taking a taxi peaked at 1.3% in 2011 and has since fallen back to 0.1%.

Commute Start Times in Hinesville

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hinesville?

The bars show when commuters in Hinesville 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
9.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
8.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
12.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
13.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
10.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
11.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
7.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
1.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
6.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
6.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Hinesville is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 13.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.4% across Georgia. Early starts are more common than in Georgia: 30.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Georgia: 36.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.3%) 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 Hinesville, 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 Hinesville 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 Hinesville 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 Hinesville Georgia United States
2009 7:12 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:10 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:06 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2012 6:59 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2013 6:58 AM 7:37 AM 7:39 AM
2014 6:57 AM 7:37 AM 7:39 AM
2015 6:56 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2016 6:55 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2017 6:56 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2018 6:58 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2019 6:54 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2020 6:47 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2021 6:55 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2022 6:51 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2023 6:44 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2024 6:48 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Hinesville were on the road by 6:48 AM, 24 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:12 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Hinesville now leave 50 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 Hinesville has moved 6 minutes earlier.

How does Hinesville's commute time compare?

Metric Hinesville Georgia US Average
Avg. Commute Time 18.2 min 23.6 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 05:30 AM – 05:59 AM 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 6.2% 15.9% 15.0%
Walked 0.7% 1.3% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.1% 3.2%

The average commute time in Hinesville is 18.2 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Georgia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Hinesville, Georgia.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 151 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,695 at a typical national wage. That's 23% less than the typical Georgia commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Hinesville, Georgia?

Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Hinesville, Georgia. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 05:30 AM – 05:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How common is public transit use in Hinesville, Georgia?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 1.1% in Georgia, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.