Johns Creek Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Johns Creek, 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 Johns Creek: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Johns Creek spend about 53 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 223 hours, about 9.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 13% more time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 3.1 minutes.

Johns Creek holds about 0.7% of Georgia's population but accounts for roughly 0.8% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Johns Creek would save about 89 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,760 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)
Johns Creek	26.7 min	53.4 min	223 hrs/yr	$6,899	4,448
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.

Johns Creek Commute Map

On average, it takes 26.7 minutes to get to work in Johns Creek. That's 19% 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 37.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Johns Creek

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Johns Creek: 283.7 times less than the Georgia average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Driving is 24% less common in Johns Creek than the Georgia average (60.5% vs 79.8%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Johns Creek: 4.4 times less than the Georgia average (0.3% vs 1.1%).

Commute Mode Trends in Johns Creek, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Johns Creek 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	Public Transportation	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	86.9%	10.9%	0.6%	0.8%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2010	87.2%	10.8%	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2011	86.2%	11.5%	0.6%	0.9%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2012	84.3%	13.1%	0.7%	1.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2013	85.4%	11.9%	0.5%	1.2%	0.7%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2014	85.7%	11.5%	0.7%	1.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2015	86.3%	11.0%	0.8%	1.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2016	85.9%	11.4%	1.0%	0.7%	0.8%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2017	86.6%	10.7%	0.9%	0.5%	0.9%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%
2018	85.8%	11.1%	0.8%	0.5%	1.1%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%
2019	83.7%	12.9%	0.9%	0.5%	1.4%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%
2020	78.1%	18.0%	1.2%	0.6%	1.5%	0.2%	0.5%	0.0%
2021	73.0%	23.6%	1.0%	0.7%	1.2%	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%
2022	67.7%	29.4%	0.9%	0.8%	0.9%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2023	63.8%	33.6%	1.2%	0.6%	0.6%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2024	60.5%	37.3%	0.9%	0.7%	0.3%	0.3%	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 2010 at 87.2%. Overall it fell from 86.9% in 2009 to 60.5% in 2024, down 26.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Johns Creek: its share of workers rose from 10.9% in 2009 to 37.3% in 2024, up 26.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 24.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Commute Start Times in Johns Creek

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Johns Creek?

The bars show when commuters in Johns Creek 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		2.7%
5:00-5:29 AM		0.8%
5:30-5:59 AM		1.9%
6:00-6:29 AM		4.6%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.3%
7:30-7:59 AM		12.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		15.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		10.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		13.0%
10:00-10:59 AM		6.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.3%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.5%
4:00-11:59 PM		3.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Johns Creek is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 15.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.6% across Georgia. Early starts are less common than in Georgia: 5.4% 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 3 commuters (29.3%) 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 Johns Creek, 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 Johns Creek 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 Johns Creek 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	Johns Creek	Georgia	United States
2009	8:01 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:00 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:01 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	8:00 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:00 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:02 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:02 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:00 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:59 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:58 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:58 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:56 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:02 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:04 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:05 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:09 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Johns Creek were on the road by 8:09 AM, 9 minutes later than in 2009 (8:01 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Johns Creek now leave 31 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 Johns Creek has moved 12 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Johns Creek in the whole series.

How does Johns Creek's commute time compare?

Metric	Johns Creek	Georgia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	26.7 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	37.3%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Johns Creek is 26.7 minutes, longer than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.

0.3% 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

Johns Creek, GA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Johns Creek, GA is the largest of the 4 cities compared here, 81,338 residents against a local median of 41,194. The measure that sets Johns Creek, GA apart most is work from home: 37.3%, 45% above the local median of 25.7%.

The cities themselves spread 17.0% on work from home, so Johns Creek, GA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Johns Creek, GA has the highest work from home of the 4 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Johns Creek, GA	81,338	26.7 min #4/4	37.3% #1/4	8:09 AM #3/4
Duluth, GA	28,415	26.5 min	19.6%	8:07 AM
Peachtree Corners, GA	41,194	25.2 min	25.7%	8:06 AM
Alpharetta, GA	64,246	22.5 min	36.6%	8:13 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Johns Creek, Georgia.

Is living in Johns Creek, Georgia good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 223 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,899 at a typical national wage. That's 13% more than the typical Georgia commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Johns Creek, Georgia?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Johns Creek, 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 Johns Creek, Georgia?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.3% of commuters use it versus 1.1% in Georgia, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How much money can remote workers save in Johns Creek, Georgia?

About 37.3% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Johns Creek would save about 89 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,760 at the same national wage assumption used above.