McIntosh County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in McIntosh County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in McIntosh County spend about 75 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 314 hours, about 13.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 60% more time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 14.1 minutes.

McIntosh County holds about 0.1% of Georgia's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in McIntosh County would save about 126 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,899 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)
McIntosh County	37.7 min	75.5 min	314 hrs/yr	$9,747	609
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 37.7 minutes to get to work in McIntosh County. That's 68% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 3 slowest counties in Georgia

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 16.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in McIntosh County

• Car: 82.2%
• Worked at Home: 16.9%
• Other: 0.5%
• Public Transportation: 0.3% unusually low
• Walked: < 0.1% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Walking is unusually rare in McIntosh County: 19.5 times less than the Georgia average (0.1% vs 1.3%).

Public transit is unusually rare in McIntosh County: 3.9 times less than the Georgia average (0.3% vs 1.1%).

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

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

Few people walk or bike to work in McIntosh County: just 0.1%, 21.8 times below the Georgia average of 1.4%.

Commute Mode Trends in McIntosh County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in McIntosh 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	Other	Public Transportation	Walked	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	93.7%	2.5%	1.7%	0.7%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	91.1%	4.0%	1.5%	0.7%	2.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	90.4%	4.6%	1.5%	1.0%	2.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	90.2%	5.2%	1.1%	1.4%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	91.0%	5.3%	1.2%	0.4%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	95.3%	4.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	92.8%	6.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	92.0%	6.6%	0.0%	0.0%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	92.9%	5.3%	0.2%	0.0%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	93.8%	4.4%	0.2%	0.4%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	92.3%	5.6%	0.1%	0.3%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	90.6%	7.7%	0.0%	0.4%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	89.8%	8.6%	0.1%	0.6%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	86.3%	11.6%	0.2%	0.8%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	84.6%	13.7%	0.3%	0.3%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	82.2%	16.9%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%	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 peaked in 2014 at 95.3%. Overall it fell from 93.7% in 2009 to 82.2% in 2024, down 11.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in McIntosh County: its share of workers rose from 2.5% in 2009 to 16.9% in 2024, up 14.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 11.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.5% to 0.1% of workers (down 1.4 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in McIntosh County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in McIntosh County?

The bars show when commuters in McIntosh 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 McIntosh County7.1% Georgia5.2%	7.1%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM McIntosh County4.2% Georgia3.9%	4.2%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM McIntosh County8.9% Georgia4.6%	8.9%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM McIntosh County7.2% Georgia9.4%	7.2%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM McIntosh County6.4% Georgia9.6%	6.4%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM McIntosh County22.6% Georgia14.9%	22.6%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM McIntosh County9.7% Georgia11.5%	9.7%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM McIntosh County13.8% Georgia11.6%	13.8%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM McIntosh County1.4% Georgia5.1%	1.4%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM McIntosh County6.5% Georgia6.7%	6.5%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM McIntosh County1.4% Georgia3.1%	1.4%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM McIntosh County0.1% Georgia1.4%	0.1%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM McIntosh County6.4% Georgia6.4%	6.4%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM McIntosh County4.2% Georgia6.7%	4.2%

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

The busiest time to head out in McIntosh County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 22.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% across Georgia. Early starts are more common than in Georgia: 20.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Georgia: 52.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.7%) 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 McIntosh 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 McIntosh 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 McIntosh 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	McIntosh County	Georgia	United States
2009	7:18 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:13 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:18 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:10 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:09 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:10 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:27 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:33 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:33 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:27 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:27 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:19 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:19 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:20 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:19 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:21 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in McIntosh County were on the road by 7:21 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:18 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in McIntosh County now leave 16 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 McIntosh County has moved 6 minutes earlier.

How does McIntosh County's commute time compare?

Metric	McIntosh County	Georgia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	37.7 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	16.9%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	< 0.1%	1.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in McIntosh County is 37.7 minutes, longer than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 0.1% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Georgia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau