Commuting in Lowndes 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 Lowndes County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Lowndes County spend about 35 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 147 hours, about 6.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 25% less time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 6.0 minutes.
Lowndes County holds about 1.1% of Georgia's population but accounts for roughly 0.8% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Lowndes County would save about 59 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,822 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)
Lowndes County
17.6 min
35.3 min
147 hrs/yr
$4,555
831
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.
On average, it takes
17.6
minutes to get to work in
Lowndes County.
That's 21% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 89% of counties in Georgia
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Lowndes County
Car:
90.3%
Worked at Home:
6.5%
Walked:
1.5%
Other:
1.1%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Public Transportation:
0.2%unusually low
Taxi:
0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Public transit is unusually rare in Lowndes County: 7.1 times less than the Georgia average (0.2% vs 1.1%).
Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Lowndes County: 3.4 times less than the Georgia average (0.1% vs 0.4%).
Commute Mode Trends in Lowndes County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Lowndes 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
Bicycle
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
93.9%
1.6%
1.7%
1.8%
0.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.2%
2010
92.7%
1.7%
1.6%
2.5%
0.4%
0.8%
0.0%
0.2%
2011
92.6%
2.0%
1.4%
2.5%
0.4%
0.7%
0.0%
0.4%
2012
92.5%
2.2%
1.6%
2.1%
0.3%
0.8%
0.1%
0.4%
2013
93.0%
2.2%
1.7%
1.6%
0.4%
0.6%
0.1%
0.4%
2014
92.5%
2.6%
1.7%
1.5%
0.4%
0.7%
0.1%
0.4%
2015
92.7%
3.0%
1.7%
1.2%
0.3%
0.6%
0.1%
0.4%
2016
92.9%
2.9%
2.3%
0.7%
0.3%
0.6%
0.1%
0.2%
2017
94.1%
2.6%
1.7%
0.7%
0.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
93.7%
3.1%
1.6%
0.9%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
2019
93.8%
2.5%
2.0%
1.1%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2020
93.2%
2.7%
2.3%
1.2%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2021
92.7%
3.6%
1.9%
1.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2022
92.1%
4.0%
1.9%
1.4%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2023
91.6%
4.7%
1.7%
1.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2024
90.3%
6.5%
1.5%
1.1%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2017 at 94.1%. Overall it fell from 93.9% in 2009 to 90.3% in 2024, down 3.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Lowndes County: its share of workers rose from 1.6% in 2009 to 6.5% in 2024, up 4.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2010 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Lowndes County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lowndes County?
The bars show when commuters in Lowndes 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 AMLowndes County4.1%Georgia5.2%
4.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMLowndes County2.8%Georgia3.9%
2.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMLowndes County4.6%Georgia4.6%
4.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMLowndes County8.4%Georgia9.4%
8.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMLowndes County10.9%Georgia9.6%
10.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMLowndes County17.5%Georgia14.9%
17.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMLowndes County12.9%Georgia11.5%
12.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMLowndes County9.4%Georgia11.6%
9.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMLowndes County4.5%Georgia5.1%
4.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMLowndes County6.5%Georgia6.7%
6.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMLowndes County2.9%Georgia3.1%
2.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMLowndes County1.5%Georgia1.4%
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMLowndes County7.9%Georgia6.4%
7.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMLowndes County6.2%Georgia6.7%
6.2%
Lowndes CountyGeorgiaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Lowndes County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% across Georgia. Early starts are less common than in Georgia: 11.5% 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 4 commuters (24.9%) 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 Lowndes 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 Lowndes 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 Lowndes 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
Lowndes County
Georgia
United States
2009
7:45 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:46 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:47 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:49 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:48 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:47 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:47 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:43 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:40 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:37 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:37 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:37 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:40 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:39 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:37 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:34 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Lowndes County were on the road by 7:34 AM, 11 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:45 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Lowndes County 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 Lowndes County has moved 3 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Lowndes County in the whole series.
How does Lowndes County's commute time compare?
Metric
Lowndes County
Georgia
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.6 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
6.5%
15.9%
15.0%
Walked
1.5%
1.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.2%
1.1%
3.2%
The average commute time in Lowndes County is 17.6 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.
0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 1.5% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Georgia.
Lowndes County, GA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Lowndes County, GA is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 119,965 residents against a local median of 16,293. Lowndes County, GA's work from home, at 6.5%, runs 38% above the 4.7% typical of the counties around it.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 17.6 min against a local median of 22.6 min, 22% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 22% below the local median it puts Lowndes County, GA at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 6.5% on work from home, so Lowndes County, GA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Lowndes County, GA has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Lowndes County, Georgia.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Lowndes County, Georgia?
Commuters here spend an estimated 147 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,555 at a typical national wage. That's 25% less than the typical Georgia commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Lowndes County, Georgia?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Lowndes County, Georgia. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Lowndes County, Georgia?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% of commuters use it versus 1.1% in Georgia, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
How do commute times compare across 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).