How long is the commute in Atlanta?

Average travel time to work in Atlanta, GA, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Atlanta gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 19.6 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 55.2
• Carpooled: 4.6
• Transit: 6.4
• Walked: 4.2
• From home: 26.6

Average commute (minutes)

• Atlanta: 19.6
• Fulton County: 20.7
• GA: 24.3
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 26.6% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 3.3 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 7.6% of workers in 2015 to 26.6% in the latest estimates.