Spalding County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Spalding 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 Spalding County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Spalding County spend about 42 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 175 hours, about 7.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 11% less time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 2.6 minutes.

Spalding County holds about 0.6% of Georgia's population and accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Spalding County would save about 70 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,175 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)
Spalding County	21.1 min	42.1 min	175 hrs/yr	$5,439	1,723
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.

Commute Time Map: Georgia Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Georgia

Chattahoochee County (8.6 min)
Ben Hill County (12.7 min)
Tift County (15.8 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Georgia

Talbot County (40.8 min)
McIntosh County (37.7 min)
Paulding County (36.4 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Spalding County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 21.1 minutes to get to work in Spalding County. That's 6% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Spalding County

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Spalding County: 4.1 times less than the Georgia average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Spalding County: 8.5 times less than the Georgia average (0.1% vs 1.1%).

Biking is essentially absent in Spalding County, versus 0.2% in Georgia.

Commute Mode Trends in Spalding County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Spalding 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	Taxi	Public Transportation	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	93.6%	2.3%	1.2%	1.0%	0.2%	1.2%	0.4%	0.1%
2010	93.7%	2.3%	1.3%	1.2%	0.3%	0.9%	0.3%	0.1%
2011	94.3%	1.9%	1.2%	1.3%	0.3%	0.5%	0.3%	0.2%
2012	95.1%	1.7%	1.1%	1.2%	0.3%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2013	94.8%	2.0%	1.1%	1.0%	0.2%	0.6%	0.1%	0.2%
2014	95.4%	1.7%	1.4%	0.7%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
2015	95.1%	1.7%	0.9%	1.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.1%	0.2%
2016	95.7%	1.6%	0.6%	1.3%	0.1%	0.4%	0.1%	0.2%
2017	95.1%	1.7%	1.1%	1.1%	0.1%	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%
2018	94.9%	2.0%	1.2%	1.3%	0.1%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%
2019	94.6%	3.1%	0.8%	0.9%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2020	94.4%	4.4%	0.8%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	93.2%	5.0%	1.0%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	90.9%	7.1%	1.0%	0.5%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	90.9%	7.4%	0.8%	0.5%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	90.3%	7.2%	1.0%	0.9%	0.4%	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 2016 at 95.7%. Overall it fell from 93.6% in 2009 to 90.3% in 2024, down 3.3 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Spalding County: its share of workers rose from 2.3% in 2009 to 7.2% in 2024, up 4.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.2% to 0.1% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).

Walking overtook public transit to become the 4th most common choice in the 2010 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Spalding County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Spalding County?

The bars show when commuters in Spalding 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		5.5%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.2%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.9%
6:00-6:29 AM		12.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.5%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.5%
8:00-8:29 AM		9.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.3%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM		8.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Spalding County is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 12.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.4% across Georgia. Early starts are about as common as in Georgia: 14.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Georgia: 42.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.4%) 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 Spalding 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 Spalding 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 Spalding 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	Spalding County	Georgia	United States
2009	7:33 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:31 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:32 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:27 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:22 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:24 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:26 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:23 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:23 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:24 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:22 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:23 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:25 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:23 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:23 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:28 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Spalding County were on the road by 7:28 AM, 5 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:33 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Spalding County now leave 10 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 Spalding County has moved 6 minutes later.

How does Spalding County's commute time compare?

Metric	Spalding County	Georgia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.1 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	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	7.2%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.1%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Spalding County is 21.1 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Georgia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Spalding County, GA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Spalding County, GA is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 68,892 residents against a local median of 122,264. The measure that sets Spalding County, GA apart most is work from home: 7.2%, 32% below the local median of 10.6%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 21.1 min against a local median of 30.3 min, 31% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 31% below the local median it puts Spalding County, GA at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 12.9% on work from home, so Spalding County, GA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Spalding County, GA has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Spalding County, GA	68,892	21.1 min #1/6	7.2% #5/6	7:27 AM #4/6
Pike County, GA	19,903	28.2 min	7.6%	7:27 AM
Henry County, GA	249,959	30.5 min	15.6%	7:24 AM
Lamar County, GA	19,571	27.2 min	5.6%	7:10 AM
Fayette County, GA	122,264	30.7 min	18.5%	7:42 AM
Clayton County, GA	298,922	30.3 min	10.6%	7:33 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Spalding County, Georgia.

Is living in Spalding County, Georgia good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 175 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,439 at a typical national wage. That's 11% less than the typical Georgia commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Spalding County, Georgia?

Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Spalding County, Georgia. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in Spalding 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.

Which counties in Georgia have the fastest and slowest commutes?

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).