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Wheeler County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Wheeler 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 Wheeler County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Wheeler County spend about 44 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 183 hours, about 7.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 7% less time on the road than the Georgia average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 1.7 minutes.

Wheeler County holds about 0.1% of Georgia's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Wheeler County would save about 73 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,268 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)
Wheeler County 21.9 min 43.9 min 183 hrs/yr $5,670 314
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
  1. Chattahoochee County (8.6 min)
  2. Ben Hill County (12.7 min)
  3. Tift County (15.8 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Georgia
  1. Talbot County (40.8 min)
  2. McIntosh County (37.7 min)
  3. Paulding County (36.4 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Wheeler County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 21.9 minutes to get to work in Wheeler County. That's 2% 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 public transit. About 1.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Wheeler County

  • Car: 95.0%
  • Public Transportation: 2.2%
  • Worked at Home: 1.1% unusually low
  • Walked: 1.0%
  • Other: 0.6%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Wheeler County, versus 0.4% in Georgia.

Working from home is unusually rare in Wheeler County: 13.9 times less than the Georgia average (1.1% vs 15.9%).

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

Commute Mode Trends in Wheeler County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Wheeler 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 Public Transportation Worked at Home Walked Other Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 97.0% 0.0% 1.7% 0.5% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 94.2% 0.0% 4.1% 0.6% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 93.9% 0.0% 4.4% 0.5% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 93.3% 0.0% 4.0% 1.3% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 92.3% 0.0% 5.2% 0.9% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 90.2% 0.0% 8.8% 0.9% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 94.9% 0.0% 1.9% 2.6% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 93.8% 0.0% 2.7% 2.1% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 94.0% 0.0% 2.2% 2.6% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 96.1% 0.0% 0.9% 2.3% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 91.3% 0.0% 5.6% 2.2% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 95.3% 0.0% 3.7% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 93.5% 0.0% 5.3% 0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 92.2% 0.0% 6.9% 0.4% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 91.2% 0.0% 7.2% 0.5% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 95.0% 2.2% 1.1% 1.0% 0.6% 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 bottomed out in 2014 at 90.2%. Overall it fell from 97.0% in 2009 to 95.0% in 2024, down 2.0 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Public transit gained the most ground in Wheeler County: its share of workers rose from 0.0% in 2009 to 2.2% in 2024, up 2.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 1.7% to 1.1% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Public transit overtook working from home to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 2.6% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 1.0%.

Commute Start Times in Wheeler County

  • Early BirdThe earliest start among Georgia's 159 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:32 AM.
  • Earlier AlarmsThe biggest shift to earlier mornings among Georgia's 159 counties: the typical start is 48 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Wheeler County?

The bars show when commuters in Wheeler 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
6.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
3.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
34.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
10.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
19.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
5.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
1.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
0.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
4.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Wheeler County is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 34.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.4% across Georgia. Early starts are more common than in Georgia: 15.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Georgia: 36.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.2%) 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 Wheeler 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 Wheeler 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 Wheeler 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 Wheeler County Georgia United States
2009 7:20 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:11 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:18 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:31 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:26 AM 7:37 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:19 AM 7:37 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:16 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:08 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:03 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:12 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:04 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2020 6:34 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2021 6:47 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2022 6:33 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2023 6:51 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2024 6:32 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Wheeler County were on the road by 6:32 AM, 48 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:20 AM). Across Georgia, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Wheeler County now leave 66 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 Wheeler County has moved 32 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Wheeler County in the whole series.

How does Wheeler County's commute time compare?

Metric Wheeler County Georgia US Average
Avg. Commute Time 21.9 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 1.1% 15.9% 15.0%
Walked 1.0% 1.3% 2.4%
Public Transit 2.2% 1.1% 3.2%

The average commute time in Wheeler County is 21.9 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in Georgia.

2.2% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.1% in Georgia. 1.0% commute by walking, lower than the 1.3% in Georgia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Wheeler County, GA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Wheeler County, GA is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 7,335 residents against a local median of 11,831. Wheeler County, GA's work from home, at 1.1%, runs 77% below the 5.0% typical of the counties around it.

The counties themselves sit within 2.8% of each other on work from home, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Wheeler County, GA, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Wheeler County, GA has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Wheeler County, GA 7,335 21.9 min #5/6 1.1% #6/6 6:32 AM #1/6
Montgomery County, GA 8,640 20.7 min 6.9% 7:15 AM
Telfair County, GA 11,831 20.8 min 5.0% 7:10 AM
Jeff Davis County, GA 14,924 17.2 min 5.8% 7:17 AM
Treutlen County, GA 6,376 30.5 min 5.0% 7:14 AM
Toombs County, GA 27,102 15.8 min 4.1% 7:32 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Wheeler County, Georgia.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Wheeler County, Georgia?

Commuters here spend an estimated 183 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,670 at a typical national wage. That's 7% less than the typical Georgia commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Wheeler County, Georgia?

Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Wheeler 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.

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).