Commuting in Rabun 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 Rabun County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Rabun County spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 151 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 23% less time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 5.5 minutes.
Rabun County holds about 0.2% of Georgia's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Rabun County would save about 60 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,872 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)
Rabun County
18.1 min
36.2 min
151 hrs/yr
$4,680
507
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
18.1
minutes to get to work in
Rabun County.
That's 19% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 85% of 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 16.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Rabun County
Car:
81.5%
Worked at Home:
16.0%
Walked:
1.7%
Other:
0.5%
Bicycle:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Rabun County, versus 0.1% in Georgia.
Public transit is essentially absent in Rabun County, versus 1.1% in Georgia.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Rabun County, versus 0.4% in Georgia.
Commute Mode Trends in Rabun County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Rabun 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
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
95.6%
2.3%
1.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
95.7%
1.4%
1.0%
0.3%
0.2%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
94.4%
2.2%
1.5%
0.4%
0.4%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
93.0%
2.8%
1.7%
0.5%
0.6%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
91.8%
3.3%
2.2%
0.5%
0.4%
1.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
89.6%
4.9%
2.4%
0.4%
0.4%
1.8%
0.3%
0.3%
2015
90.6%
4.6%
2.7%
0.3%
0.1%
1.3%
0.2%
0.2%
2016
90.8%
4.8%
2.4%
0.4%
0.0%
1.0%
0.3%
0.2%
2017
91.7%
4.4%
2.6%
0.3%
0.0%
0.7%
0.2%
0.2%
2018
93.3%
3.7%
2.1%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
2019
93.3%
3.5%
2.2%
0.5%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
88.4%
8.0%
2.6%
0.6%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
86.1%
8.9%
3.1%
1.0%
0.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
81.8%
13.3%
3.2%
0.9%
0.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
80.9%
14.6%
3.1%
0.6%
0.2%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
81.5%
16.0%
1.7%
0.5%
0.3%
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 2010 at 95.7% and lowest in 2023 at 80.9%. Overall it fell from 95.6% in 2009 to 81.5% in 2024, down 14.1 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Rabun County: its share of workers rose from 2.3% in 2009 to 16.0% in 2024, up 13.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 12.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.6% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).
Walking peaked at 3.2% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 1.7%.
Commute Start Times in Rabun County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Rabun County?
The bars show when commuters in Rabun 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 AMRabun County4.7%Georgia5.2%
4.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMRabun County2.3%Georgia3.9%
2.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMRabun County4.0%Georgia4.6%
4.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMRabun County6.8%Georgia9.4%
6.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMRabun County8.1%Georgia9.6%
8.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMRabun County16.1%Georgia14.9%
16.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMRabun County15.7%Georgia11.5%
15.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMRabun County10.5%Georgia11.6%
10.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMRabun County5.9%Georgia5.1%
5.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMRabun County5.8%Georgia6.7%
5.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMRabun County4.0%Georgia3.1%
4.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMRabun County2.0%Georgia1.4%
2.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMRabun County8.4%Georgia6.4%
8.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMRabun County5.6%Georgia6.7%
5.6%
Rabun CountyGeorgiaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Rabun County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% across Georgia. Early starts are less common than in Georgia: 11.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Georgia: 50.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.8%) 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 Rabun 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 Rabun 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 Rabun 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
Rabun County
Georgia
United States
2009
7:36 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:38 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:37 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:40 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:39 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:37 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:37 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:41 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:54 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:46 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:50 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:53 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:45 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Rabun County were on the road by 7:45 AM, 9 minutes later than in 2009 (7:36 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Rabun County now leave 7 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 Rabun County has moved 5 minutes later.
How does Rabun County's commute time compare?
Metric
Rabun County
Georgia
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.1 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
16.0%
15.9%
15.0%
Walked
1.7%
1.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
1.1%
3.2%
The average commute time in Rabun County is 18.1 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 1.7% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Georgia.
Rabun County, GA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Rabun County, GA is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 17,312 residents against a local median of 37,947. Rabun County, GA's work from home, at 16.0%, runs 66% above the 9.6% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 5.8% on work from home, so Rabun County, GA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Rabun County, GA has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Rabun County, Georgia.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Rabun County, Georgia?
Commuters here spend an estimated 151 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,680 at a typical national wage. That's 23% less than the typical Georgia commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Rabun County, Georgia?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Rabun 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.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Rabun County, Georgia?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% 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).