Commuting in Meriwether 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 Meriwether County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Meriwether County spend about 66 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 274 hours, about 11.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 39% more time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 9.2 minutes.
Meriwether County 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 Meriwether County would save about 109 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,394 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)
Meriwether County
32.8 min
65.7 min
274 hrs/yr
$8,485
816
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.
On average, it takes
32.8
minutes to get to work in
Meriwether County.
That's 47% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 05:00 AM – 05:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Meriwether County
Car:
92.6%
Worked at Home:
6.2%
Walked:
0.7%
Other:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Meriwether County: 15.3 times less than the Georgia average (0.1% vs 1.1%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Meriwether County, versus 0.4% in Georgia.
Biking is essentially absent in Meriwether County, versus 0.2% in Georgia.
Commute Mode Trends in Meriwether County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Meriwether 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
Motorcycle
Taxi
Bicycle
2009
93.9%
2.2%
2.7%
1.0%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
94.9%
2.0%
2.1%
0.7%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
94.4%
2.4%
1.9%
0.8%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
94.6%
1.7%
2.1%
1.0%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
94.4%
1.9%
2.3%
0.9%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
95.1%
1.6%
1.9%
0.7%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2015
94.3%
1.6%
2.6%
0.7%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2016
93.6%
2.1%
2.7%
0.8%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2017
94.4%
2.1%
1.9%
0.5%
0.6%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
93.8%
2.2%
2.2%
0.8%
0.6%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
2019
93.8%
1.8%
2.8%
0.8%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
94.4%
1.8%
2.5%
0.6%
0.2%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
94.8%
2.3%
2.1%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
94.2%
3.2%
1.6%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
94.2%
4.4%
0.9%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
92.6%
6.2%
0.7%
0.3%
0.1%
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 peaked in 2014 at 95.1%. Overall it fell from 93.9% in 2009 to 92.6% in 2024, down 1.3 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Meriwether County: its share of workers rose from 2.2% in 2009 to 6.2% in 2024, up 4.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.7% to 0.7% of workers (down 2.0 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Meriwether County
🌅Dawn PatrolThe highest share of pre-6 AM departures among Georgia's 159 counties: 29.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM.
🧘Rush-Hour DodgersThe lowest share of rush-hour departures among Georgia's 159 counties: only 32.2% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
⏰Earlier AlarmsThe 2nd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among Georgia's 159 counties: the typical start is 33 minutes earlier than in 2009.
🐦Early BirdThe 3rd-earliest start among Georgia's 159 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:53 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Meriwether County?
The bars show when commuters in Meriwether 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 AMMeriwether County9.0%Georgia5.2%
9.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMMeriwether County11.1%Georgia3.9%
11.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMMeriwether County9.1%Georgia4.6%
9.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMMeriwether County14.0%Georgia9.4%
14.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMMeriwether County8.7%Georgia9.6%
8.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMMeriwether County10.4%Georgia14.9%
10.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMMeriwether County7.1%Georgia11.5%
7.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMMeriwether County6.0%Georgia11.6%
6.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMMeriwether County2.8%Georgia5.1%
2.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMMeriwether County5.5%Georgia6.7%
5.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMMeriwether County0.8%Georgia3.1%
0.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMMeriwether County0.4%Georgia1.4%
0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMMeriwether County5.7%Georgia6.4%
5.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMMeriwether County9.5%Georgia6.7%
9.5%
Meriwether CountyGeorgiaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Meriwether County is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 14.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.4% across Georgia. Early starts are more common than in Georgia: 29.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Georgia: 32.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.8%) 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 Meriwether 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 Meriwether 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 Meriwether 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
Meriwether County
Georgia
United States
2009
7:27 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:24 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:21 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:20 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:21 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:16 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:14 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:12 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:09 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:12 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:20 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:20 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:14 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:12 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2024
6:53 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Meriwether County were on the road by 6:53 AM, 33 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:27 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Meriwether County now leave 44 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 Meriwether County has moved 19 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Meriwether County in the whole series.
How does Meriwether County's commute time compare?
Metric
Meriwether County
Georgia
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
32.8 min
23.6 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
05:00 AM – 05:29 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
6.2%
15.9%
15.0%
Walked
0.7%
1.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
1.1%
3.2%
The average commute time in Meriwether County is 32.8 minutes, longer than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Georgia.
Meriwether County, GA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Meriwether County, GA is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 20,929 residents against a local median of 36,086. Where Meriwether County, GA breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 30% below the local median of 9.0% at 6.2%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 32.8 min against a local median of 26.8 min, 23% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 23% above the local median it puts Meriwether County, GA at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 6.4% on work from home, so Meriwether County, GA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Meriwether County, GA has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Meriwether County, Georgia.
Is living in Meriwether County, Georgia good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 274 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,485 at a typical national wage. That's 39% more than the typical Georgia commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Meriwether County, Georgia?
Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Meriwether County, Georgia. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 05:00 AM – 05:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Meriwether County, Georgia?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 1.1% in Georgia, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in Georgia?
Among counties in Georgia, the shortest average commutes are in Chattahoochee County (8.6 min), Ben Hill County (12.7 min), Tift County (15.8 min). The longest are in Talbot County (40.8 min), McIntosh County (37.7 min), Paulding County (36.4 min).