McDonough Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in McDonough, 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 McDonough: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in McDonough spend about 61 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 252 hours, about 10.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 28% more time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 6.6 minutes.

McDonough holds about 0.2% of Georgia's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in McDonough would save about 101 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,129 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)
McDonough	30.3 min	60.6 min	252 hrs/yr	$7,823	2,911
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.

McDonough Commute Map

On average, it takes 30.3 minutes to get to work in McDonough. That's 35% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in McDonough

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

Public transit is unusually rare in McDonough: 4.0 times less than the Georgia average (0.3% vs 1.1%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in McDonough: 5.5 times less than the Georgia average (0.1% vs 0.4%).

Biking is essentially absent in McDonough, versus 0.2% in Georgia.

Commute Mode Trends in McDonough, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in McDonough 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	93.0%	3.7%	1.3%	0.8%	1.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	93.5%	3.1%	0.9%	0.6%	1.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	95.0%	2.5%	1.0%	0.4%	1.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	93.4%	3.7%	1.0%	0.1%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2013	91.9%	4.5%	0.9%	0.6%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2014	90.0%	5.8%	0.8%	0.8%	1.8%	0.1%	0.4%	0.4%
2015	89.4%	7.0%	0.9%	0.7%	1.0%	0.1%	0.3%	0.6%
2016	89.5%	6.6%	0.8%	0.9%	1.0%	0.1%	0.5%	0.6%
2017	89.8%	7.5%	0.5%	0.7%	0.9%	0.1%	0.4%	0.1%
2018	89.7%	7.5%	0.6%	0.5%	0.9%	0.3%	0.4%	0.1%
2019	90.0%	7.6%	0.4%	0.5%	1.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	91.4%	5.8%	0.7%	0.2%	1.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	87.9%	8.1%	1.3%	0.6%	1.7%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	86.6%	9.7%	1.7%	0.7%	1.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	85.7%	10.9%	1.7%	0.9%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	86.9%	10.1%	2.0%	0.6%	0.3%	0.1%	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 2011 at 95.0% and lowest in 2023 at 85.7%. Overall it fell from 93.0% in 2009 to 86.9% in 2024, down 6.1 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in McDonough: its share of workers rose from 3.7% in 2009 to 10.1% in 2024, up 6.4 percentage points.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.0% to 0.3% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in McDonough

What Time Do People Leave for Work in McDonough?

The bars show when commuters in McDonough 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		8.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.8%
5:30-5:59 AM		8.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.5%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.8%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.6%
7:30-7:59 AM		7.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		6.1%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.1%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		12.1%
4:00-11:59 PM		11.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in McDonough is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 12.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% across Georgia. Early starts are more common than in Georgia: 20.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Georgia: 35.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (32.8%) 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 McDonough, 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 McDonough 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 McDonough 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	McDonough	Georgia	United States
2009	7:24 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:21 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:22 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:27 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:28 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:37 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:41 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:27 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:27 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:27 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:24 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:30 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:24 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:22 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:27 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:30 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in McDonough were on the road by 7:30 AM, 6 minutes later than in 2009 (7:24 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in McDonough now leave 8 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 McDonough has moved 6 minutes later.

How does McDonough's commute time compare?

Metric	McDonough	Georgia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	30.3 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	12:00 PM – 03:59 PM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	10.1%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in McDonough is 30.3 minutes, longer than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 2.0% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Georgia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

McDonough, GA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How McDonough, GA compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
McDonough, GA	22,820	30.3 min #2/2	10.1% #2/2	7:30 AM #1/2
Stockbridge, GA	31,413	25.8 min	11.2%	7:38 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in McDonough, Georgia.

Is living in McDonough, Georgia good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 252 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,823 at a typical national wage. That's 28% more than the typical Georgia commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in McDonough, Georgia?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in McDonough, Georgia. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in McDonough, Georgia?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.3% of commuters use it versus 1.1% in Georgia, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.