Marion County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Marion County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Marion County spend about 67 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 279 hours, about 11.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 42% more time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 9.9 minutes.

Marion County holds about 0.1% of Georgia's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Marion County would save about 112 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,464 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)
Marion County	33.5 min	67.0 min	279 hrs/yr	$8,659	185
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 33.5 minutes to get to work in Marion County. That's 50% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 5 slowest 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 6.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Marion County

• Car: 92.5%
• Worked at Home: 6.4%
• Other: 0.7%
• Public Transportation: 0.4% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Walked: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Marion County, versus 0.1% in Georgia.

Walking is essentially absent in Marion County, versus 1.3% in Georgia.

Public transit is unusually rare in Marion County: 3.2 times less than the Georgia average (0.4% vs 1.1%).

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

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

Walking or biking to work is essentially absent in Marion County, versus 1.4% in Georgia.

Commute Mode Trends in Marion County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Marion 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
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle
• Walked

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Walked
2009	93.9%	1.2%	2.8%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.2%
2010	93.8%	1.2%	2.6%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.1%
2011	94.0%	0.4%	3.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.1%
2012	94.2%	0.8%	2.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.3%
2013	94.6%	0.7%	2.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.9%
2014	94.7%	0.2%	3.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.4%
2015	95.3%	0.2%	3.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%
2016	93.5%	0.7%	4.1%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	92.1%	3.2%	3.6%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	91.8%	2.8%	4.0%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	92.0%	4.2%	2.1%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2020	92.6%	4.8%	1.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2021	90.4%	8.2%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2022	93.1%	5.8%	0.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2023	92.4%	6.8%	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2024	92.5%	6.4%	0.7%	0.4%	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 was highest in 2015 at 95.3% and lowest in 2021 at 90.4%. Overall it fell from 93.9% in 2009 to 92.5% in 2024, down 1.4 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Marion County: its share of workers rose from 1.2% in 2009 to 6.4% in 2024, up 5.2 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.2% to 0.0% of workers (down 1.2 percentage points).

Working from home peaked at 8.2% in 2021 and has since fallen back to 6.4%.

Commute Start Times in Marion County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Marion County?

The bars show when commuters in Marion 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 Marion County2.1% Georgia5.2%	2.1%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Marion County6.1% Georgia3.9%	6.1%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Marion County2.8% Georgia4.6%	2.8%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Marion County8.5% Georgia9.4%	8.5%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Marion County9.2% Georgia9.6%	9.2%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Marion County20.7% Georgia14.9%	20.7%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Marion County19.5% Georgia11.5%	19.5%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Marion County9.1% Georgia11.6%	9.1%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Marion County4.1% Georgia5.1%	4.1%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Marion County0.7% Georgia6.7%	0.7%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Marion County3.6% Georgia3.1%	3.6%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Marion County0.1% Georgia1.4%	0.1%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Marion County5.2% Georgia6.4%	5.2%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Marion County8.4% Georgia6.7%	8.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Marion County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 20.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% across Georgia. Early starts are less common than in Georgia: 11.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Georgia: 58.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (18.0%) 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 Marion 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 Marion 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 Marion 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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• Georgia
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Marion County	Georgia	United States
2009	7:19 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:27 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:22 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:18 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:09 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:05 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:04 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	6:58 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2017	6:57 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:04 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:11 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:16 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:21 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:26 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:24 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:31 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Marion County were on the road by 7:31 AM, 12 minutes later than in 2009 (7:19 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Marion County now leave 7 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 Marion County has moved 20 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Marion County in the whole series.

How does Marion County's commute time compare?

Metric	Marion County	Georgia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	33.5 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	6.4%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	< 0.1%	1.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.4%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Marion County is 33.5 minutes, longer than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.

0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 0.0% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Georgia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau