Lamar County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Lamar County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lamar 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 227 hours, about 9.5 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 3.6 minutes.

Lamar 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 Lamar County would save about 91 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,815 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)
Lamar County	27.2 min	54.5 min	227 hrs/yr	$7,037	1,123
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

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On average, it takes 27.2 minutes to get to work in Lamar County. That's 22% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 76% of counties in Georgia

The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lamar County

• Car: 91.9%
• Worked at Home: 5.6%
• Other: 1.4%
• Walked: 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 Lamar County, versus 0.1% in Georgia.

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Lamar County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lamar 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	94.5%	3.7%	0.0%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2010	94.5%	3.7%	0.0%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2011	92.5%	5.6%	0.0%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2012	93.9%	4.4%	0.0%	1.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2013	94.3%	4.0%	0.3%	1.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2014	92.1%	5.4%	1.0%	1.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2015	92.7%	4.4%	1.1%	1.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2016	92.4%	4.4%	1.5%	1.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	91.9%	3.9%	1.3%	2.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	91.7%	3.8%	0.9%	3.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	92.9%	3.1%	0.4%	3.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%	0.1%
2020	92.3%	2.6%	2.2%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%	0.1%
2021	92.0%	1.9%	2.5%	3.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.1%
2022	92.8%	2.4%	2.5%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2023	92.8%	4.2%	1.3%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2024	91.9%	5.6%	1.4%	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 bottomed out in 2018 at 91.7%. Overall it fell from 94.5% in 2009 to 91.9% in 2024, down 2.6 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Lamar County: its share of workers rose from 3.7% in 2009 to 5.6% in 2024, up 1.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking peaked at 3.5% in 2018 and has since fallen back to 1.2%.

Commute Start Times in Lamar County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lamar County?

The bars show when commuters in Lamar 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 Lamar County2.2% Georgia5.2%	2.2%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Lamar County7.6% Georgia3.9%	7.6%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Lamar County7.6% Georgia4.6%	7.6%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Lamar County8.7% Georgia9.4%	8.7%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Lamar County18.3% Georgia9.6%	18.3%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Lamar County16.6% Georgia14.9%	16.6%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Lamar County7.8% Georgia11.5%	7.8%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Lamar County9.3% Georgia11.6%	9.3%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Lamar County3.5% Georgia5.1%	3.5%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Lamar County4.8% Georgia6.7%	4.8%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Lamar County1.6% Georgia3.1%	1.6%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Lamar County0.2% Georgia1.4%	0.2%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Lamar County3.8% Georgia6.4%	3.8%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Lamar County8.1% Georgia6.7%	8.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Lamar County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 18.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.6% across Georgia. Early starts are more common than in Georgia: 17.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Georgia: 51.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.5%) 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 Lamar 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 Lamar 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 Lamar 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.

• Lamar County
• Georgia
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Lamar County	Georgia	United States
2009	7:26 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:28 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:27 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:24 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:22 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:22 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:29 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:24 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:26 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:30 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:37 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:23 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:24 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:15 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:08 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:10 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lamar County were on the road by 7:10 AM, 16 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:26 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Lamar County now leave 28 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 Lamar County has moved 27 minutes earlier.

How does Lamar County's commute time compare?

Metric	Lamar County	Georgia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	27.2 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	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	5.6%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Lamar County is 27.2 minutes, longer than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Georgia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau