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Where's Lawrenceville on List of Atlanta's Worst Commutes?

NerdWallet.com says we have one of the most brutal drives to work in the metro.

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We already know that commuting to work in Atlanta is tough almost anywhere in the metro — the seventh worst traffic in the nation, according to a Texas A&M study.

But who has the worst commute in Atlanta?

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NerdWallet.com, a personal finance website, say it’s Loganville, but Lawrenceville has it pretty rough, too.

Lawrenceville is ranked No. 3 (behind Loganville and Snellville) on NerdWallet’s list of the 10 Worst Atlanta-area commutes.

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The study factored financial costs (gas, insurance) and time wasted (length of commute, percentage of single commuters).

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Here’s the list:

10 Worst Commutes in Atlanta

1. Loganville

2. Snellville

3. Lawrenceville

4. Riverdale

5. Suwanee

6. Woodstock

7. Villa Rica

8. Sugar Hill

9. Douglasville

10. Fayetteville

Here’s what Nerd Wallet had to say about Lawrenceville’s commute:

It takes drivers about 36 minutes to get from Lawrenceville to Atlanta without traffic, but with traffic, the commute often takes more than an hour. The percentage of workers who drive alone for their commutes is slightly less than the Atlanta-area average, 75.8%. However, their commutes are longer than average, 32.8 minutes. This average includes drivers who do not commute to Atlanta.

Lawrenceville drivers face relatively high gas and insurance prices. The price for a gallon of gas in Gwinnett County, where Lawrenceville is located, is $3.50. For Lawrenceville drivers commuting to Atlanta, car insurance will cost them about $35 more each year for insurance than other suburban commuters, $1,409.46.

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