Upson County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Upson County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Upson 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 158 hours, about 6.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% less time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 4.7 minutes.

Upson County holds about 0.3% of Georgia's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Upson County would save about 63 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,955 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)
Upson County	18.9 min	37.8 min	158 hrs/yr	$4,889	634
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.

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On average, it takes 18.9 minutes to get to work in Upson County. That's 16% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 75% of counties in Georgia

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Upson County

• Car: 93.7%
• Worked at Home: 4.0% unusually low
• Walked: 1.5%
• Taxi: 0.4%
• Other: 0.4%
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Upson County, versus 0.1% in Georgia.

Public transit is unusually rare in Upson County: 28.1 times less than the Georgia average (0.0% vs 1.1%).

Working from home is unusually rare in Upson County: 4.0 times less than the Georgia average (4.0% vs 15.9%).

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

Commute Mode Trends in Upson County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Upson 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.

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• Worked at Home
• Walked
• Taxi
• Other
• Public Transportation
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Taxi	Other	Public Transportation	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	94.1%	1.8%	1.9%	1.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2010	94.8%	2.0%	1.4%	0.7%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	94.6%	2.0%	1.5%	0.5%	1.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	94.7%	2.3%	1.6%	0.0%	1.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	94.8%	2.4%	1.5%	0.1%	0.9%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	95.0%	2.1%	1.3%	0.1%	0.7%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	95.6%	2.4%	0.7%	0.2%	0.4%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	96.5%	1.9%	0.2%	0.2%	0.9%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	97.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	96.7%	1.2%	0.0%	0.4%	1.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	96.1%	1.2%	0.4%	0.5%	1.2%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%
2020	95.7%	1.5%	1.2%	0.2%	1.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2021	96.0%	1.6%	1.2%	0.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%
2022	93.7%	3.2%	1.7%	0.4%	0.6%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2023	93.1%	4.1%	1.6%	0.4%	0.5%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%
2024	93.7%	4.0%	1.5%	0.4%	0.4%	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 2017 at 97.0% and lowest in 2023 at 93.1%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 94.1% in 2009 and 93.7% in 2024. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Upson County: its share of workers rose from 1.8% in 2009 to 4.0% in 2024, up 2.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Taking a taxi lost the most ground, falling from 1.0% to 0.4% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2010 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Upson County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Upson County?

The bars show when commuters in Upson 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 AM Upson County4.7% Georgia5.2%	4.7%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Upson County3.0% Georgia3.9%	3.0%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Upson County3.5% Georgia4.6%	3.5%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Upson County9.9% Georgia9.4%	9.9%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Upson County11.5% Georgia9.6%	11.5%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Upson County14.8% Georgia14.9%	14.8%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Upson County15.9% Georgia11.5%	15.9%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Upson County9.0% Georgia11.6%	9.0%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Upson County3.2% Georgia5.1%	3.2%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Upson County4.6% Georgia6.7%	4.6%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Upson County3.5% Georgia3.1%	3.5%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Upson County0.6% Georgia1.4%	0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Upson County6.1% Georgia6.4%	6.1%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Upson County9.7% Georgia6.7%	9.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Upson County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 15.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.5% across Georgia. Early starts are less common than in Georgia: 11.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Georgia: 51.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.5%) 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 Upson 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 Upson 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 Upson 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.

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• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Upson County	Georgia	United States
2009	7:26 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:25 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:32 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:34 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:36 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:27 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:28 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:30 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:26 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:23 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:28 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:32 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:27 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:28 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:33 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:35 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Upson County were on the road by 7:35 AM, 9 minutes later than in 2009 (7:26 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Upson County now leave 3 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 Upson County has moved 7 minutes later.

How does Upson County's commute time compare?

Metric	Upson County	Georgia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.9 min	23.6 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 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	4.0%	15.9%	15.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	1.1%	3.2%

The average commute time in Upson County is 18.9 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 1.5% commute by walking, higher than the 1.3% in Georgia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau