Lumpkin County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Lumpkin County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lumpkin County spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 189 hours, about 7.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 4% less time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 1.0 minutes.

Lumpkin County holds about 0.3% of Georgia's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Lumpkin County would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,344 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)
Lumpkin County	22.7 min	45.4 min	189 hrs/yr	$5,861	1,298
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.

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On average, it takes 22.7 minutes to get to work in Lumpkin County. That's 1% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lumpkin County

• Car: 83.7%
• Worked at Home: 10.3%
• Walked: 4.8% unusually high
• Other: 0.6%
• Motorcycle: 0.4% unusually high
• Public Transportation: 0.3% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Lumpkin County: 4.4 times more than the Georgia average (0.4% vs 0.1%).

Walking is unusually common in Lumpkin County: 3.7 times more than the Georgia average (4.8% vs 1.3%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Lumpkin County: 3.7 times less than the Georgia average (0.3% vs 1.1%).

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

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

Lumpkin County stands out for active commuting: 4.8% of workers walk or bike to work, 3.3 times the Georgia average of 1.4%.

Commute Mode Trends in Lumpkin County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lumpkin 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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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Motorcycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	90.2%	5.3%	3.5%	0.1%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%
2010	89.8%	4.9%	3.8%	0.1%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.6%
2011	90.4%	5.1%	3.7%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2012	89.1%	5.3%	4.7%	0.1%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%
2013	89.7%	5.4%	3.4%	0.2%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.8%
2014	89.7%	4.5%	4.3%	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.6%
2015	90.1%	4.7%	3.6%	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%
2016	92.0%	4.3%	2.4%	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%
2017	92.3%	3.5%	3.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.6%
2018	92.2%	3.8%	3.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	92.5%	3.8%	2.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	90.0%	4.4%	4.9%	0.5%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	88.7%	5.6%	4.8%	0.6%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	86.1%	8.1%	4.6%	0.9%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	84.8%	9.5%	4.9%	0.5%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	83.7%	10.3%	4.8%	0.6%	0.4%	0.3%	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 2019 at 92.5%. Overall it fell from 90.2% in 2009 to 83.7% in 2024, down 6.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Lumpkin County: its share of workers rose from 5.3% in 2009 to 10.3% in 2024, up 5.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Commute Start Times in Lumpkin County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lumpkin County?

The bars show when commuters in Lumpkin 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 Lumpkin County3.3% Georgia5.2%	3.3%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Lumpkin County5.1% Georgia3.9%	5.1%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Lumpkin County3.5% Georgia4.6%	3.5%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Lumpkin County9.8% Georgia9.4%	9.8%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Lumpkin County12.2% Georgia9.6%	12.2%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Lumpkin County12.9% Georgia14.9%	12.9%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Lumpkin County10.8% Georgia11.5%	10.8%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Lumpkin County8.7% Georgia11.6%	8.7%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Lumpkin County6.3% Georgia5.1%	6.3%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Lumpkin County7.3% Georgia6.7%	7.3%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Lumpkin County1.8% Georgia3.1%	1.8%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Lumpkin County0.8% Georgia1.4%	0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Lumpkin County12.2% Georgia6.4%	12.2%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Lumpkin County5.4% Georgia6.7%	5.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Lumpkin County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 12.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% across Georgia. Early starts are less common than in Georgia: 11.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Georgia: 44.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.5%) 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 Lumpkin 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 Lumpkin 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 Lumpkin 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.

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Show typical departure times by year

Year	Lumpkin County	Georgia	United States
2009	7:37 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:33 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:33 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:32 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:35 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:41 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:39 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:36 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:37 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:33 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:34 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:39 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:48 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:52 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:41 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:39 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lumpkin County were on the road by 7:39 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:37 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Lumpkin County now leave 1 minute 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 Lumpkin County has moved 5 minutes later.

How does Lumpkin County's commute time compare?

Metric	Lumpkin County	Georgia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.7 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	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	10.3%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	4.8%	1.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Lumpkin County is 22.7 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 4.8% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Georgia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau