Alleghany County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Alleghany County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Alleghany County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 153 hours, about 6.4 full days, spent commuting.

That is 16% less time on the road than the North Carolina average of 21.8 minutes each way, a difference of 3.4 minutes.

Alleghany County holds about 0.1% of North Carolina's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Alleghany County would save about 61 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,900 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)
Alleghany County	18.4 min	36.8 min	153 hrs/yr	$4,749	441
North Carolina	21.8 min	43.6 min	182 hrs/yr	$5,630	1,609
United States	22.5 min	44.9 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,803	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.

Commute Time Map: North Carolina Counties

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On average, it takes 18.4 minutes to get to work in Alleghany County. That's 18% shorter than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 86% of counties in North Carolina

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM , followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 8.5% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 89.6%
• Worked at Home: 8.5%
• Walked: 1.2%
• Public Transportation: 0.7%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Other: < 0.1%

Motorcycle commuting is essentially absent in Alleghany County, versus 0.1% in North Carolina.

Taxi commuting is essentially absent in Alleghany County, versus 0.1% in North Carolina.

Bicycle commuting is essentially absent in Alleghany County, versus 0.2% in North Carolina.

How does Alleghany County's commute time compare?

Metric	Alleghany County	North Carolina	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.4 min	21.8 min	22.5 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	8.5%	14.5%	13.4%
Walked	1.2%	1.6%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.7%	0.7%	3.5%

The average commute time in Alleghany County is 18.4 minutes, shorter than the 21.8 minutes in North Carolina.

The share of commuters using public transit is about the same as North Carolina. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 1.6% in North Carolina.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau