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Commuting in North Augusta, South Carolina: 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 North Augusta: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in North Augusta spend about 41 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 171 hours, about 7.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 8% less time on the road than the South Carolina average of 22.3 minutes each way, a difference of 1.8 minutes.

North Augusta holds about 0.4% of South Carolina's population and accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in North Augusta would save about 68 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,118 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)
North Augusta 20.5 min 41.0 min 171 hrs/yr $5,295 2,123
South Carolina 22.3 min 44.5 min 186 hrs/yr $5,753 1,499
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.

North Augusta Commute Map

On average, it takes 20.5 minutes to get to work in North Augusta. That's 9% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 11.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in North Augusta

  • Car: 85.6%
  • Worked at Home: 11.5%
  • Walked: 1.1%
  • Other: 1.0%
  • Motorcycle: 0.6% unusually high
  • Taxi: < 0.1%
  • Bicycle: < 0.1%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in North Augusta: 4.9 times more than the South Carolina average (0.6% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in North Augusta: 61.5 times less than the South Carolina average (0.0% vs 0.4%).

Commute Mode Trends in North Augusta, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in North Augusta 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 Walked Other Motorcycle Taxi Bicycle Public Transportation
2009 95.1% 2.8% 1.4% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.1%
2010 95.0% 2.6% 1.5% 0.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.3% 0.1%
2011 94.7% 2.5% 1.5% 0.3% 0.6% 0.0% 0.3% 0.1%
2012 94.3% 2.4% 1.6% 0.7% 0.6% 0.0% 0.3% 0.1%
2013 93.6% 2.9% 2.0% 0.8% 0.5% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2014 94.2% 2.4% 1.5% 0.6% 0.4% 0.1% 0.7% 0.1%
2015 94.4% 2.4% 1.4% 0.6% 0.3% 0.1% 0.9% 0.1%
2016 94.6% 2.1% 1.4% 0.4% 0.1% 0.1% 1.2% 0.1%
2017 94.5% 1.8% 1.3% 0.4% 0.4% 0.1% 1.4% 0.1%
2018 95.2% 2.0% 0.9% 0.7% 0.3% 0.2% 0.7% 0.1%
2019 95.3% 2.6% 0.8% 0.7% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2020 91.9% 6.1% 1.1% 0.5% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
2021 92.3% 6.4% 0.6% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2022 91.2% 7.4% 0.9% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2023 88.5% 10.5% 0.5% 0.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 85.6% 11.5% 1.1% 1.0% 0.6% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 95.3%. Overall it fell from 95.1% in 2009 to 85.6% in 2024, down 9.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in North Augusta: its share of workers rose from 2.8% in 2009 to 11.5% in 2024, up 8.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Riding a motorcycle overtook biking to become the 5th most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.

Biking peaked at 1.4% in 2017 and has since fallen back to 0.1%.

Commute Start Times in North Augusta

What Time Do People Leave for Work in North Augusta?

The bars show when commuters in North Augusta 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 South Carolina for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM
6.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
4.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
9.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
13.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
15.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
14.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
1.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
5.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
6.3%

North Augusta South Carolina Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in North Augusta is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across South Carolina. Early starts are more common than in South Carolina: 16.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.2% there. The morning rush looks much like South Carolina's: 51.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.2%) 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 North Augusta, 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 North Augusta 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 North Augusta next to South Carolina 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 North Augusta South Carolina United States
2009 7:34 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:33 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:29 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:26 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:26 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:28 AM 7:37 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:31 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:27 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:28 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:32 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:24 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:15 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:18 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:23 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:19 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:22 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in North Augusta were on the road by 7:22 AM, 12 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:34 AM). The shift is sharper than across South Carolina, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in North Augusta 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 North Augusta has moved 3 minutes earlier.

How does North Augusta's commute time compare?

Metric North Augusta South Carolina US Average
Avg. Commute Time 20.5 min 22.3 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 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 11.5% 11.5% 15.0%
Walked 1.1% 1.6% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.4% 3.2%

The average commute time in North Augusta is 20.5 minutes, shorter than the 22.3 minutes in South Carolina.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in South Carolina. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 1.6% in South Carolina.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in North Augusta, South Carolina.

Is commuting expensive in North Augusta, South Carolina?

Commuters here spend an estimated 171 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,295 at a typical national wage. That's 8% less than the typical South Carolina commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in North Augusta, South Carolina?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in North Augusta, South Carolina. 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.

Do people use public transit in North Augusta, South Carolina?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.4% in South Carolina, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.