Alleghany County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Alleghany County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Alleghany County spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 151 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 22% less time on the road than the Virginia average of 23.2 minutes each way, a difference of 5.1 minutes.

Alleghany County holds about 0.2% of Virginia's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Alleghany County would save about 60 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,870 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	18.1 min	36.2 min	151 hrs/yr	$4,676	497
Virginia	23.2 min	46.3 min	193 hrs/yr	$5,986	1,531
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	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.

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On average, it takes 18.1 minutes to get to work in Alleghany County. That's 19% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 85% of counties in Virginia

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 3.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Alleghany County

• Car: 95.1% unusually high
• Worked at Home: 3.8% unusually low
• Other: 0.6%
• Walked: 0.5% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Alleghany County, versus 0.1% in Virginia.

Driving is 26% more common in Alleghany County than the Virginia average (95.1% vs 75.6%).

Walking is unusually rare in Alleghany County: 4.0 times less than the Virginia average (0.5% vs 2.1%).

Public transit is essentially absent in Alleghany County, versus 2.3% in Virginia.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Alleghany County, versus 0.2% in Virginia.

Working from home is unusually rare in Alleghany County: 4.8 times less than the Virginia average (3.8% vs 18.3%).

Biking is essentially absent in Alleghany County, versus 0.3% in Virginia.

Few people walk or bike to work in Alleghany County: just 0.5%, 4.6 times below the Virginia average of 2.3%.

Commute Mode Trends in Alleghany County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Alleghany County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	96.1%	1.1%	0.5%	1.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	94.9%	1.6%	0.7%	2.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2011	94.3%	1.7%	1.0%	1.9%	1.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2012	95.2%	1.7%	1.0%	1.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2013	94.1%	2.1%	1.4%	1.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2014	95.1%	1.9%	1.1%	1.1%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2015	95.2%	1.6%	1.0%	0.9%	1.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
2016	95.0%	2.3%	0.8%	1.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.3%
2017	94.3%	2.7%	1.2%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%
2018	94.9%	2.4%	0.4%	1.2%	0.8%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%
2019	93.1%	4.1%	0.8%	1.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%
2020	93.8%	3.8%	0.7%	1.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%
2021	95.8%	2.4%	0.6%	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2022	96.0%	2.6%	0.4%	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	94.9%	4.0%	0.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	95.1%	3.8%	0.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2019 at 93.1%. Overall it fell from 96.1% in 2009 to 95.1% in 2024, down 1.0 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Alleghany County: its share of workers rose from 1.1% in 2009 to 3.8% in 2024, up 2.7 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.6% to 0.5% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2012 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Alleghany County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Alleghany County?

The bars show when commuters in Alleghany County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Virginia for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM	12:00-4:59 AM Alleghany County7.8% Virginia5.0%	7.8%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Alleghany County5.2% Virginia4.0%	5.2%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Alleghany County4.4% Virginia5.0%	4.4%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Alleghany County4.8% Virginia8.7%	4.8%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Alleghany County7.6% Virginia9.2%	7.6%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Alleghany County13.1% Virginia14.2%	13.1%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Alleghany County20.0% Virginia12.1%	20.0%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Alleghany County18.1% Virginia12.1%	18.1%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Alleghany County4.2% Virginia6.4%	4.2%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Alleghany County1.1% Virginia7.2%	1.1%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Alleghany County2.1% Virginia3.0%	2.1%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Alleghany County0.1% Virginia1.4%	0.1%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Alleghany County4.6% Virginia6.0%	4.6%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Alleghany County6.9% Virginia5.7%	6.9%

Alleghany County Virginia Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Alleghany County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 20.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.1% across Virginia. Early starts are more common than in Virginia: 17.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Virginia: 58.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.7%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Alleghany County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Alleghany County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Alleghany County next to Virginia and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

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Show typical departure times by year

Year	Alleghany County	Virginia	United States
2009	7:32 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:43 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:41 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:41 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:41 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:38 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:37 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:35 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:34 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:34 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:30 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:33 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:32 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:36 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:37 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:41 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Alleghany County were on the road by 7:41 AM, 9 minutes later than in 2009 (7:32 AM). The shift is sharper than across Virginia, where the typical start moved 3 minutes later. Commuters in Alleghany County now leave 3 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Alleghany County has moved 10 minutes later.

How does Alleghany County's commute time compare?

Metric	Alleghany County	Virginia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.1 min	23.2 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	3.8%	18.3%	15.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	2.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Alleghany County is 18.1 minutes, shorter than the 23.2 minutes in Virginia.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.3% in Virginia. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.1% in Virginia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau