Commuting in Washington 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 Washington County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Washington County spend about 35 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 148 hours, about 6.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 25% less time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 5.9 minutes.
Washington County holds about 0.2% of Georgia's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Washington County would save about 59 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,832 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)
Washington County
17.7 min
35.5 min
148 hrs/yr
$4,581
288
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
17.7
minutes to get to work in
Washington County.
That's 21% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 89% of counties in Georgia
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 5.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Washington County
Car:
91.9%
Worked at Home:
5.6%
Other:
1.1%
Walked:
0.7%
Taxi:
0.4%
Public Transportation:
0.2%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Washington County, versus 0.1% in Georgia.
Public transit is unusually rare in Washington County: 5.5 times less than the Georgia average (0.2% vs 1.1%).
Biking is essentially absent in Washington County, versus 0.2% in Georgia.
Commute Mode Trends in Washington County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Washington 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
95.1%
1.6%
0.5%
0.9%
0.3%
1.1%
0.0%
0.4%
2010
94.9%
2.0%
0.6%
1.0%
0.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.8%
2011
94.7%
1.4%
0.7%
1.3%
0.3%
0.7%
0.0%
1.0%
2012
95.9%
1.4%
0.8%
0.6%
0.2%
0.5%
0.0%
0.6%
2013
96.2%
2.0%
1.1%
0.3%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
94.5%
2.6%
1.5%
0.4%
0.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
94.0%
2.2%
1.6%
0.6%
0.4%
0.5%
0.0%
0.7%
2016
93.3%
2.2%
1.7%
1.0%
0.4%
0.8%
0.0%
0.7%
2017
92.6%
1.8%
1.4%
1.1%
1.6%
0.9%
0.0%
0.6%
2018
93.6%
1.4%
0.5%
1.3%
1.6%
1.0%
0.0%
0.6%
2019
94.3%
1.0%
0.7%
1.2%
1.3%
0.8%
0.0%
0.7%
2020
94.8%
2.0%
0.7%
1.1%
0.7%
0.7%
0.0%
0.1%
2021
95.4%
2.5%
0.4%
0.7%
0.8%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2022
94.9%
2.7%
0.7%
0.6%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
93.7%
4.0%
1.1%
0.3%
0.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
91.9%
5.6%
1.1%
0.7%
0.4%
0.2%
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 2013 at 96.2%. Overall it fell from 95.1% in 2009 to 91.9% in 2024, down 3.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Washington County: its share of workers rose from 1.6% in 2009 to 5.6% in 2024, up 4.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.1% to 0.2% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).
Taking a taxi peaked at 1.6% in 2017 and has since fallen back to 0.4%.
Commute Start Times in Washington County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Washington County?
The bars show when commuters in Washington 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 AMWashington County8.1%Georgia5.2%
8.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMWashington County4.9%Georgia3.9%
4.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMWashington County4.0%Georgia4.6%
4.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMWashington County9.6%Georgia9.4%
9.6%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMWashington County10.4%Georgia9.6%
10.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMWashington County18.1%Georgia14.9%
18.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMWashington County17.5%Georgia11.5%
17.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMWashington County6.6%Georgia11.6%
6.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMWashington County4.4%Georgia5.1%
4.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMWashington County3.9%Georgia6.7%
3.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMWashington County1.5%Georgia3.1%
1.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMWashington County0.8%Georgia1.4%
0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMWashington County1.7%Georgia6.4%
1.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMWashington County8.4%Georgia6.7%
8.4%
Washington CountyGeorgiaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Washington County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% across Georgia. Early starts are more common than in Georgia: 17.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Georgia: 52.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.4%) 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 Washington 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 Washington 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 Washington 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
Washington County
Georgia
United States
2009
7:24 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:22 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:20 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:21 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:25 AM
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:31 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:29 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:29 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:26 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:25 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:24 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:24 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:20 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:22 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Washington County were on the road by 7:22 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:24 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Washington County now leave 16 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 Washington County has moved 5 minutes earlier.
How does Washington County's commute time compare?
Metric
Washington County
Georgia
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.7 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
5.6%
15.9%
15.0%
Walked
0.7%
1.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.2%
1.1%
3.2%
The average commute time in Washington County is 17.7 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.
0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Georgia. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Georgia.
Washington County, GA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Washington County, GA is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 19,849 residents against a local median of 8,747. The measure that sets Washington County, GA apart most is work from home: 5.6%, 46% above the local median of 3.8%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 17.7 min against a local median of 26.4 min, 33% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 33% below the local median it puts Washington County, GA at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 5.5% on work from home, so Washington County, GA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Washington County, GA has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Washington County, Georgia.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Washington County, Georgia?
Commuters here spend an estimated 148 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,581 at a typical national wage. That's 25% less than the typical Georgia commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Washington County, Georgia?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Washington County, 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.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Washington County, Georgia?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% of commuters use it versus 1.1% in Georgia, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
How do commute times compare across 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).