Smyrna Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Smyrna, 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 Smyrna: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Smyrna spend about 56 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 231 hours, about 9.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 17% more time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 4.1 minutes.

Smyrna holds about 0.5% of Georgia's population but accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Smyrna would save about 93 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,870 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)
Smyrna	27.8 min	55.5 min	231 hrs/yr	$7,174	4,065
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.

Smyrna Commute Map

On average, it takes 27.8 minutes to get to work in Smyrna. That's 24% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 28.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Smyrna

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Smyrna: 5.4 times less than the Georgia average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Biking is unusually rare in Smyrna: 2094170.3 times less than the Georgia average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Smyrna, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Smyrna 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	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	89.2%	6.1%	1.4%	0.6%	2.0%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2010	89.9%	6.0%	1.3%	0.5%	1.9%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2011	90.8%	6.0%	0.8%	0.7%	1.5%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2012	89.7%	6.1%	0.9%	0.8%	1.7%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%
2013	88.4%	6.3%	1.5%	0.8%	2.0%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%
2014	87.9%	6.8%	1.5%	1.2%	1.9%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	87.4%	7.5%	1.7%	1.5%	1.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	87.4%	8.0%	1.8%	1.4%	1.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	87.9%	8.1%	1.4%	1.3%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	88.3%	8.6%	0.7%	1.3%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	87.6%	9.4%	0.7%	0.9%	1.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	83.4%	13.2%	1.2%	0.8%	1.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2021	79.1%	17.8%	1.2%	0.9%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	74.9%	22.1%	1.3%	0.9%	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	70.1%	26.4%	1.3%	1.1%	0.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	68.0%	28.3%	1.6%	1.0%	0.5%	0.5%	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 2011 at 90.8%. Overall it fell from 89.2% in 2009 to 68.0% in 2024, down 21.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Smyrna: its share of workers rose from 6.1% in 2009 to 28.3% in 2024, up 22.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 18.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.0% to 0.5% of workers (down 1.5 percentage points).

Walking overtook public transit to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Smyrna

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Smyrna?

The bars show when commuters in Smyrna 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		2.6%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		2.9%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.5%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.3%
7:30-7:59 AM		15.3%
8:00-8:29 AM		13.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		8.6%
9:00-9:59 AM		8.0%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.1%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Smyrna is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% across Georgia. Early starts are less common than in Georgia: 7.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Georgia: 53.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.9%) 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 Smyrna, 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 Smyrna 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 Smyrna 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	Smyrna	Georgia	United States
2009	7:50 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:52 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:55 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:55 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:52 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:51 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:48 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:50 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:48 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:50 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:49 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:49 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:49 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:53 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:50 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:51 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Smyrna were on the road by 7:51 AM, 1 minute later than in 2009 (7:50 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Smyrna now leave 13 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 Smyrna has moved 2 minutes later.

How does Smyrna's commute time compare?

Metric	Smyrna	Georgia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	27.8 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	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	28.3%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.5%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Smyrna is 27.8 minutes, longer than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.

0.5% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 1.6% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Georgia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Smyrna, GA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Smyrna, GA compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Smyrna, GA	53,892	27.8 min #2/3	28.3% #1/3	7:51 AM #2/3
Mableton, GA	78,547	30.6 min	19.6%	7:28 AM
Marietta, GA	62,997	26.2 min	19.6%	7:59 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Smyrna, Georgia.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Smyrna, Georgia?

Commuters here spend an estimated 231 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,174 at a typical national wage. That's 17% more than the typical Georgia commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Smyrna, Georgia?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Smyrna, 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.

How much time do residents in Smyrna, Georgia save by working from home?

About 28.3% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Smyrna would save about 93 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,870 at the same national wage assumption used above.