Washington County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Washington County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Washington County spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 149 hours, about 6.2 full days, spent commuting.

That is 24% less time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 5.8 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 60 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,846 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	17.9 min	35.7 min	149 hrs/yr	$4,615	288
Georgia	23.6 min	47.3 min	197 hrs/yr	$6,106	1,447
United States	22.5 min	44.9 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,803	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

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On average, it takes 17.9 minutes to get to work in Washington County. That's 20% shorter than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 86% of counties in Georgia

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM , followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 4.0% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 93.7%
• Worked at Home: 4.0% unusually low
• Other: 1.1%
• Taxi: 0.6%
• Walked: 0.3% unusually low
• Public Transportation: 0.2% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Motorcycle commuting is essentially absent in Washington County, versus 0.1% in Georgia.

Public Transportation commuting is unusually low in Washington County: 5.4 times less than the Georgia average (0.2% vs 1.3%).

Walked commuting is unusually low in Washington County: 3.9 times less than the Georgia average (0.3% vs 1.3%).

Bicycle commuting is essentially absent in Washington County, versus 0.2% in Georgia.

Worked at Home commuting is unusually low in Washington County: 3.5 times less than the Georgia average (4.0% vs 14.2%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Washington County: just 0.3%, 4.4 times below the Georgia average of 1.5%.

How does Washington County's commute time compare?

Metric	Washington County	Georgia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	17.9 min	23.6 min	22.5 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	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	4.0%	14.2%	13.4%
Walked	0.3%	1.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	1.3%	3.5%

The average commute time in Washington County is 17.9 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.3% in Georgia. 0.3% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Georgia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau