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Commuting in LaGrange, 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 LaGrange: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in LaGrange spend about 35 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 145 hours, about 6.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 27% less time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 6.3 minutes.

LaGrange holds about 0.2% of Georgia's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in LaGrange would save about 58 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,793 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)
LaGrange 17.4 min 34.7 min 145 hrs/yr $4,484 1,797
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.

LaGrange Commute Map

On average, it takes 17.4 minutes to get to work in LaGrange. That's 23% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in LaGrange

  • Car: 85.8%
  • Worked at Home: 10.3%
  • Walked: 2.2%
  • Other: 0.8%
  • Taxi: 0.8%
  • Bicycle: 0.1%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in LaGrange: 5.1 times less than the Georgia average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in LaGrange: 296.6 times less than the Georgia average (0.0% vs 1.1%).

Commute Mode Trends in LaGrange, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in LaGrange 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 Taxi Other Bicycle Public Transportation Motorcycle
2009 91.8% 1.5% 3.0% 2.3% 0.8% 0.0% 0.5% 0.1%
2010 91.0% 1.8% 3.1% 1.3% 2.4% 0.0% 0.3% 0.1%
2011 90.3% 1.6% 2.7% 1.1% 3.9% 0.0% 0.3% 0.1%
2012 90.4% 1.7% 2.6% 0.9% 4.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
2013 90.8% 1.9% 2.6% 0.7% 3.7% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
2014 91.7% 1.4% 1.9% 0.8% 4.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
2015 91.7% 1.6% 2.2% 1.3% 2.9% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
2016 93.6% 1.5% 1.9% 1.5% 1.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
2017 93.4% 1.8% 2.1% 1.3% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2018 93.4% 1.7% 2.1% 1.4% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2019 92.3% 2.1% 2.8% 1.2% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2020 89.9% 3.4% 3.6% 1.0% 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2021 90.9% 4.2% 2.5% 0.9% 1.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2%
2022 88.2% 6.7% 3.1% 0.7% 1.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
2023 86.8% 7.9% 3.2% 0.8% 1.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 85.8% 10.3% 2.2% 0.8% 0.8% 0.1% 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 2016 at 93.6%. Overall it fell from 91.8% in 2009 to 85.8% in 2024, down 6.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in LaGrange: its share of workers rose from 1.5% in 2009 to 10.3% in 2024, up 8.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Taking a taxi lost the most ground, falling from 2.3% to 0.8% of workers (down 1.5 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in LaGrange

What Time Do People Leave for Work in LaGrange?

The bars show when commuters in LaGrange 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
4.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
3.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
9.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
5.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
13.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
11.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
11.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
10.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
0.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
5.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
3.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
2.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
7.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
11.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in LaGrange is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 13.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.6% across Georgia. Early starts are more common than in Georgia: 17.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush looks much like Georgia's: 45.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (29.6%) 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 LaGrange, 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 LaGrange 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 LaGrange 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 LaGrange Georgia United States
2009 7:39 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:40 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:43 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:41 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:38 AM 7:37 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:39 AM 7:37 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:44 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:47 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:48 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:51 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:49 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:42 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:42 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:38 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:31 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:34 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in LaGrange were on the road by 7:34 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:39 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in LaGrange now leave 4 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 LaGrange has moved 15 minutes earlier.

How does LaGrange's commute time compare?

Metric LaGrange Georgia US Average
Avg. Commute Time 17.4 min 23.6 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 10.3% 15.9% 15.0%
Walked 2.2% 1.3% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.1% 3.2%

The average commute time in LaGrange is 17.4 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 2.2% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Georgia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in LaGrange, Georgia.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 145 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,484 at a typical national wage. That's 27% less than the typical Georgia commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in LaGrange, Georgia?

Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in LaGrange, Georgia. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM also sees a secondary bump.

How common is public transit use in LaGrange, 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.