Commuting in Richmond 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 Richmond County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Richmond County spend about 37 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.
Richmond County holds about 1.9% of Georgia's population but accounts for roughly 1.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Richmond County would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,937 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)
Richmond County
18.7 min
37.5 min
156 hrs/yr
$4,843
2,266
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
18.7
minutes to get to work in
Richmond County.
That's 16% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 77% 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 9.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Richmond County
Car:
83.5%
Worked at Home:
9.1%
Other:
2.8%
Walked:
2.5%
Public Transportation:
1.4%
Taxi:
0.4%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Bicycle:
0.1%
Commute Mode Trends in Richmond County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Richmond 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
Other
Walked
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
88.6%
2.8%
0.7%
6.0%
1.4%
0.1%
0.1%
0.4%
2010
90.5%
2.3%
0.6%
4.4%
1.6%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
2011
90.9%
2.0%
0.6%
3.8%
2.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
2012
91.9%
1.8%
0.4%
3.4%
1.8%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
2013
92.4%
1.6%
0.4%
3.2%
1.7%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
2014
91.8%
1.8%
0.5%
3.7%
1.5%
0.1%
0.3%
0.4%
2015
91.6%
1.9%
0.5%
3.5%
1.8%
0.1%
0.2%
0.4%
2016
91.6%
1.9%
0.7%
3.5%
1.7%
0.1%
0.2%
0.4%
2017
90.5%
2.1%
1.6%
3.5%
1.7%
0.1%
0.1%
0.3%
2018
90.1%
2.6%
1.9%
3.4%
1.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.3%
2019
89.0%
2.6%
2.8%
3.1%
1.9%
0.2%
0.1%
0.3%
2020
87.1%
4.7%
2.7%
2.7%
1.8%
0.4%
0.2%
0.3%
2021
86.7%
6.0%
2.9%
2.3%
1.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
2022
84.4%
7.0%
3.8%
2.3%
1.9%
0.4%
0.2%
0.2%
2023
83.4%
8.3%
3.9%
2.3%
1.6%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
2024
83.5%
9.1%
2.8%
2.5%
1.4%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2013 at 92.4% and lowest in 2023 at 83.4%. Overall it fell from 88.6% in 2009 to 83.5% in 2024, down 5.1 percentage points.
Working from home gained the most ground in Richmond County: its share of workers rose from 2.8% in 2009 to 9.1% in 2024, up 6.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 6.0% to 2.5% of workers (down 3.5 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Richmond County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Richmond County?
The bars show when commuters in Richmond 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 AMRichmond County6.9%Georgia5.2%
6.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMRichmond County4.2%Georgia3.9%
4.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMRichmond County4.5%Georgia4.6%
4.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMRichmond County9.0%Georgia9.4%
9.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMRichmond County8.4%Georgia9.6%
8.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMRichmond County14.2%Georgia14.9%
14.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMRichmond County10.3%Georgia11.5%
10.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMRichmond County9.5%Georgia11.6%
9.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMRichmond County4.3%Georgia5.1%
4.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMRichmond County6.4%Georgia6.7%
6.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMRichmond County2.9%Georgia3.1%
2.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMRichmond County1.6%Georgia1.4%
1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMRichmond County7.5%Georgia6.4%
7.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMRichmond County10.3%Georgia6.7%
10.3%
Richmond CountyGeorgiaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Richmond County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% across Georgia. Early starts are more common than in Georgia: 15.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Georgia: 42.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (28.7%) 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 Richmond 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 Richmond 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 Richmond 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
Richmond County
Georgia
United States
2009
7:40 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:41 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:39 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:40 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:42 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
7:43 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:39 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:39 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:39 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:39 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:38 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Richmond County were on the road by 7:38 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:40 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Richmond County now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Richmond County has moved 5 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Richmond County in the whole series.
How does Richmond County's commute time compare?
Metric
Richmond County
Georgia
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.7 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
04:00 PM – 11:59 PM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
9.1%
15.9%
15.0%
Walked
2.5%
1.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.4%
1.1%
3.2%
The average commute time in Richmond County is 18.7 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.
1.4% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.1% in Georgia. 2.5% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Georgia.
Richmond County, GA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Richmond County, GA is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 206,056 residents against a local median of 24,470. The measure that sets Richmond County, GA apart most is work from home: 9.1%, 37% above the local median of 6.6%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 18.7 min against a local median of 23.1 min, 19% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 19% below the local median it puts Richmond County, GA at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 8.0% on work from home, so Richmond County, GA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Richmond County, GA has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Richmond County, Georgia.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Richmond County, Georgia?
Commuters here spend an estimated 156 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,843 at a typical national wage. That's 21% less than the typical Georgia commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Richmond County, Georgia?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Richmond 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).