Macon-Bibb County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Macon-Bibb 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 Macon-Bibb County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Macon-Bibb County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 156 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 21% less time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 4.9 minutes.

Macon-Bibb County holds about 1.4% of Georgia's population but accounts for roughly 1.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Macon-Bibb County would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,933 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)
Macon-Bibb County	18.7 min	37.4 min	156 hrs/yr	$4,831	1,868
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.

Macon-Bibb County Commute Map

On average, it takes 18.7 minutes to get to work in Macon-Bibb County. That's 17% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Macon-Bibb County

Biking is unusually rare in Macon-Bibb County: 3.7 times less than the Georgia average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Macon-Bibb County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Macon-Bibb 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	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	92.2%	2.3%	2.7%	0.7%	1.7%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	92.7%	2.1%	2.6%	0.9%	1.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2011	93.3%	2.2%	2.0%	0.8%	1.2%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2012	93.6%	1.7%	1.8%	1.1%	1.2%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2013	93.4%	1.9%	1.6%	1.8%	0.8%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2014	92.6%	2.2%	1.9%	1.9%	0.9%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
2015	92.4%	2.5%	1.9%	1.9%	1.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2016	91.7%	2.8%	2.1%	1.9%	1.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2017	91.8%	3.0%	2.3%	1.6%	1.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2018	92.0%	2.8%	2.8%	1.0%	1.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2019	92.1%	3.0%	2.6%	1.0%	1.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2020	91.0%	3.8%	2.8%	0.8%	1.1%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2021	90.0%	5.0%	2.5%	0.8%	1.1%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%
2022	88.8%	6.6%	2.2%	0.8%	1.1%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%
2023	86.7%	8.7%	2.0%	1.3%	0.8%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%
2024	85.7%	9.5%	1.9%	1.4%	0.8%	0.5%	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 2012 at 93.6%. Overall it fell from 92.2% in 2009 to 85.7% 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 Macon-Bibb County: its share of workers rose from 2.3% in 2009 to 9.5% in 2024, up 7.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.7% to 0.8% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Macon-Bibb County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Macon-Bibb County?

The bars show when commuters in Macon-Bibb 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		3.1%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.2%
5:30-5:59 AM		2.6%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.3%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.3%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		14.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.1%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.5%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		9.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Macon-Bibb County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 14.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.6% across Georgia. Early starts are less common than in Georgia: 9.9% 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 (26.1%) 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 Macon-Bibb 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 Macon-Bibb 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 Macon-Bibb 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	Macon-Bibb County	Georgia	United States
2009	7:54 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:54 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:53 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:55 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:55 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:56 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:56 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:58 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:56 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:54 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:56 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:55 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:55 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:53 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:52 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:49 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Macon-Bibb County were on the road by 7:49 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:54 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Macon-Bibb County now leave 12 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 Macon-Bibb County has moved 6 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Macon-Bibb County in the whole series.

How does Macon-Bibb County's commute time compare?

Metric	Macon-Bibb County	Georgia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.7 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	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	9.5%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.8%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Macon-Bibb County is 18.7 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.

0.8% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 1.9% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Georgia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Macon-Bibb County, GA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Macon-Bibb County, GA compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Macon-Bibb County, GA	156,504	18.7 min #2/2	9.5% #1/2	7:49 AM #2/2
Warner Robins, GA	71,224	18.7 min	8.9%	7:30 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Macon-Bibb County, Georgia.

Is living in Macon-Bibb County, Georgia good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 156 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,831 at a typical national wage. That's 21% less than the typical Georgia commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Macon-Bibb County, Georgia?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Macon-Bibb 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.