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Commuting in Bland County, Virginia: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Bland County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Bland County spend about 53 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 220 hours, about 9.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 14% more time on the road than the Virginia average of 23.2 minutes each way, a difference of 3.2 minutes.

Bland County holds about 0.1% of Virginia's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Bland County would save about 88 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,724 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)
Bland County 26.4 min 52.7 min 220 hrs/yr $6,811 709
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.

Commute Time Map: Virginia Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Virginia
  1. Lexington city (10.6 min)
  2. Covington city (12.2 min)
  3. Norton city (13.1 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Virginia
  1. Amelia County (43.7 min)
  2. Craig County (41.3 min)
  3. Buckingham County (41.3 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Bland County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 26.4 minutes to get to work in Bland County. That's 18% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Bland County

  • Car: 85.7%
  • Worked at Home: 10.3%
  • Other: 2.5%
  • Walked: 1.5%
  • 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 Bland County, versus 0.1% in Virginia.

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Bland County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Bland 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.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Show commute mode data by year
Year Car Worked at Home Other Walked Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 91.2% 2.3% 1.3% 4.9% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 94.3% 1.3% 0.0% 4.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 96.0% 0.3% 0.4% 3.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 95.4% 1.5% 0.6% 1.9% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 94.1% 3.3% 1.0% 0.9% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 93.7% 2.9% 1.1% 1.8% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 93.2% 2.9% 1.0% 1.9% 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0%
2016 94.0% 3.3% 0.6% 1.2% 0.3% 0.4% 0.2% 0.0%
2017 94.1% 2.8% 1.6% 0.8% 0.6% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2018 95.4% 1.5% 1.3% 0.9% 0.6% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0%
2019 96.8% 0.7% 1.0% 0.7% 0.6% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
2020 97.0% 0.5% 0.9% 1.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2021 94.8% 1.3% 1.7% 1.7% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2022 93.8% 2.9% 0.8% 2.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0%
2023 92.6% 5.2% 0.7% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 85.7% 10.3% 2.5% 1.5% 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 peaked in 2020 at 97.0%. Overall it fell from 91.2% in 2009 to 85.7% in 2024, down 5.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Bland County: its share of workers rose from 2.3% in 2009 to 10.3% in 2024, up 8.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.9% to 1.5% of workers (down 3.4 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Bland County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Bland County?

The bars show when commuters in Bland 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
4.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
6.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
4.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
13.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
18.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
20.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
12.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
0.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
0.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
11.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
1.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Bland County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 20.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.1% across Virginia. Early starts are more common than in Virginia: 15.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Virginia: 57.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (13.5%) 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 Bland 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 Bland 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 Bland 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.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Show typical departure times by year
Year Bland County Virginia United States
2009 7:37 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:32 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:25 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:27 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:38 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:34 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:39 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:40 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:45 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:27 AM 7:38 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:32 AM 7:38 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:40 AM 7:38 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:37 AM 7:38 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:31 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:32 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:25 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Bland County were on the road by 7:25 AM, 12 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:37 AM). That goes against the trend across Virginia, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Bland County now leave 13 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Bland County has moved 7 minutes earlier.

How does Bland County's commute time compare?

Metric Bland County Virginia US Average
Avg. Commute Time 26.4 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 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 10.3% 18.3% 15.0%
Walked 1.5% 2.1% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 2.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in Bland County is 26.4 minutes, longer than the 23.2 minutes in Virginia.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.3% in Virginia. 1.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.1% in Virginia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Bland County, VA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Bland County, VA is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 6,196 residents against a local median of 33,685. Where Bland County, VA breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 57% above the local median of 6.6% at 10.3%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 26.4 min against a local median of 20.7 min, 27% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 27% above the local median it puts Bland County, VA at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 4.5% on work from home, so Bland County, VA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Bland County, VA has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Bland County, VA 6,196 26.4 min #5/6 10.3% #1/6 7:25 AM #1/6
Wythe County, VA 28,184 20.8 min 7.0% 7:38 AM
Mercer County, WV 58,563 20.7 min 6.6% 7:32 AM
Pulaski County, VA 33,685 20.5 min 6.2% 7:34 AM
Tazewell County, VA 39,616 20.5 min 7.0% 7:33 AM
Giles County, VA 16,557 27.0 min 2.5% 7:29 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Bland County, Virginia.

Is living in Bland County, Virginia good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 220 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,811 at a typical national wage. That's 14% more than the typical Virginia commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Bland County, Virginia?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Bland County, Virginia. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Bland County, Virginia?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 2.3% in Virginia, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in Virginia?

Among counties in Virginia, the shortest average commutes are in Lexington city (10.6 min), Covington city (12.2 min), Norton city (13.1 min). The longest are in Amelia County (43.7 min), Craig County (41.3 min), Buckingham County (41.3 min).