Commuting in Randolph 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 Randolph County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Randolph County spend about 38 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 156 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 21% less time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 4.9 minutes.
Randolph County holds about 0.1% of Georgia's population but accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Randolph County would save about 63 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,939 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)
Randolph County
18.8 min
37.5 min
156 hrs/yr
$4,847
269
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
18.8
minutes to get to work in
Randolph County.
That's 16% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 76% of counties in Georgia
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 2.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Randolph County
Car:
94.1%
Worked at Home:
2.7%unusually low
Walked:
2.5%
Public Transportation:
0.7%
Other:
< 0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Randolph County, versus 0.1% in Georgia.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Randolph County, versus 0.4% in Georgia.
Working from home is unusually rare in Randolph County: 5.9 times less than the Georgia average (2.7% vs 15.9%).
Biking is essentially absent in Randolph County, versus 0.2% in Georgia.
Commute Mode Trends in Randolph County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Randolph 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
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Other
2009
89.8%
2.9%
2.0%
2.4%
0.0%
1.1%
0.0%
1.8%
2010
91.1%
2.9%
3.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
0.0%
1.9%
2011
91.8%
4.1%
1.7%
0.5%
0.0%
0.7%
0.0%
1.2%
2012
88.9%
5.5%
0.9%
2.4%
0.0%
1.2%
0.0%
1.1%
2013
90.2%
5.8%
1.0%
2.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
2014
89.6%
6.8%
1.6%
2.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
89.1%
6.9%
2.1%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
86.3%
6.7%
3.9%
1.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.6%
2017
87.0%
6.0%
4.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.4%
2018
85.0%
6.0%
4.5%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
3.8%
2019
86.4%
4.3%
4.3%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
4.2%
2020
87.8%
3.2%
4.8%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
3.5%
2021
91.3%
3.6%
2.8%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.6%
2022
92.2%
3.3%
2.4%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.0%
2023
90.8%
6.4%
2.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
94.1%
2.7%
2.5%
0.7%
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 bottomed out in 2018 at 85.0%. Overall it rose from 89.8% in 2009 to 94.1% in 2024, up 4.3 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.
Walking gained the most ground in Randolph County: its share of workers rose from 2.0% in 2009 to 2.5% in 2024, up 0.5 percentage points.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.4% to 0.7% of workers (down 1.7 percentage points).
Walking overtook public transit to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2015 release and has stayed ahead since.
Working from home peaked at 6.9% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 2.7%.
Commute Start Times in Randolph County
😴Sleeping InThe highest share of 9 AM-or-later starts among Georgia's 159 counties: 33.3% of commuters leave at 9 AM or later.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Randolph County?
The bars show when commuters in Randolph 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 AMRandolph County2.0%Georgia5.2%
2.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMRandolph County1.1%Georgia3.9%
1.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMRandolph County8.4%Georgia4.6%
8.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMRandolph County5.9%Georgia9.4%
5.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMRandolph County5.2%Georgia9.6%
5.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMRandolph County24.6%Georgia14.9%
24.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMRandolph County8.3%Georgia11.5%
8.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMRandolph County5.0%Georgia11.6%
5.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMRandolph County6.2%Georgia5.1%
6.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMRandolph County5.5%Georgia6.7%
5.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMRandolph County4.6%Georgia3.1%
4.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMRandolph County0.6%Georgia1.4%
0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMRandolph County7.7%Georgia6.4%
7.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMRandolph County14.8%Georgia6.7%
14.8%
Randolph CountyGeorgiaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Randolph County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 24.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% across Georgia. Early starts are less common than in Georgia: 11.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Georgia: 43.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (33.3%) 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 Randolph 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 Randolph 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 Randolph 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
Randolph County
Georgia
United States
2009
7:26 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:35 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:29 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:27 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:46 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:51 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:42 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:41 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:36 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:32 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:35 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:58 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:42 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:40 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Randolph County were on the road by 7:40 AM, 14 minutes later than in 2009 (7:26 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Randolph County now leave 2 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 Randolph County has moved 4 minutes later.
How does Randolph County's commute time compare?
Metric
Randolph County
Georgia
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.8 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
04:00 PM – 11:59 PM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
2.7%
15.9%
15.0%
Walked
2.5%
1.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.7%
1.1%
3.2%
The average commute time in Randolph County is 18.8 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.
0.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 2.5% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Georgia.
Randolph County, GA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Randolph County, GA is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 6,196 residents against a local median of 4,869. The measure that sets Randolph County, GA apart most is work from home: 2.7%, 23% above the local median of 2.2%.
The counties themselves spread 11.8% on work from home, so Randolph County, GA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Randolph County, GA has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Randolph County, Georgia.
Is living in Randolph County, Georgia good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 156 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,847 at a typical national wage. That's 21% less than the typical Georgia commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Randolph County, Georgia?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Randolph County, Georgia. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM also sees a secondary bump.
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).