See what the average commute is in Fulton County, GA

American commutes are getting longer, with a U.S. Census Bureau report released in 2021 revealing the average one-way commute in 2019 reached a record high of 27.6 minutes. Combined with high gas prices, workers' daily commutes are increasingly time-consuming and expensive—so much so that some are calling for commutes to count as part of the workday.

Even worse are travel times for "super commuters"—that unlucky 10% of Americans traveling more than one hour each way to punch a clock.

Stacker compiled statistics about the average commute in Fulton County using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Statistics are calculated based on 2020 5-year estimates. Fulton County has a shorter commute than all of its nine neighboring counties, with Cherokee County, GA having the longest commute at 35.0 minutes.

Fulton County commuting by the numbers
- Average commute: 28.9 minutes
--- 0.2% higher than state average
--- #53 worst commute in the state
- Workers with 1+ hour commute: 10.3%
- Workers who drive to work: 74.4%
--- Workers who carpool to work: 6.4%
- Workers who take public transport to work: 7.0%
- Workers who work from home: 13.0%
- Left for work between 12 a.m. and 6 a.m.: 8.7%
- Worked outside county of residence: 24.4%

Commutes in neighboring counties
#1. Fulton County, GA: 28.9 minutes
#2. Cobb County, GA: 31.2 minutes
#3. Coweta County, GA: 31.6 minutes
#4. DeKalb County, GA: 32.0 minutes
#5. Clayton County, GA: 32.1 minutes
#6. Fayette County, GA: 32.2 minutes
#7. Forsyth County, GA: 33.1 minutes
#8. Douglas County, GA: 33.7 minutes
#9. Gwinnett County, GA: 34.2 minutes
#10. Cherokee County, GA: 35.0 minutes

Counties with the best commute in Georgia
#1. Chattahoochee County: 11.1 minutes
#2. Ben Hill County: 15.0 minutes
#3. Tift County: 18.5 minutes

Counties with the worst commute in Georgia
#1. Paulding County: 39.2 minutes
#2. Jasper County: 35.7 minutes
#3. Meriwether County: 35.5 minutes