Worst Time to Start Your Commute in Gwinnett County and 5 Other Local Commuting Facts

GWINNETT, GA — It's amazing the difference that 30 minutes will make on your commute. Leaving earlier or later could mean sitting in the car less, or it could also mean finishing an entire audiobook. New U.S. Census Bureau data looked at 5 years of commuting patterns throughout Gwinnett County.

It found that the highest percentage of workers in Gwinnett start their commute between 7 a.m. and 7:29 a.m. The second most frequent window was between 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.

Twenty-six percent of commuters in Gwinnett County work a non-traditional shift, heading to work between 9 a.m. and midnight. That's higher than the state and national average of fewer than one-in-four commuters.

The census released the figures Thursday as part of the American Community Survey, which collected five years of data on more than 40 topics, including several questions about the local commute.

Here are 5 other interesting finding about the commute in Gwinnett County.

1. 58 percent of residents lived and worked in Gwinnett County.

2. 11.5 percent of county residents carpool.

3. 5 percent of county residents worked from home.

4. 44 percent of workers in the city had 2 cars at home.

5. The average travel times to work:

• Gwinnett County: 32.1 minutes
• Buford: 26 minutes
• Dacula: 39.7 minutes
• Duluth: 29.5 minutes
• Grayson: 32.9 minutes
• Lawrenceville: 30 minutes
• Loganville: 34 minutes
• Norcross: 29.4 minutes
• Peachtree Corners: 27.5 minutes
• Snellville: 38 minutes
• Suwanee: 31.5 minutes
• Georgia: 27.4 minutes
• Unites States: 25.9 minutes

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