Buckingham County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Buckingham 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 Buckingham County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Buckingham County spend about 83 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 344 hours, about 14.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 78% more time on the road than the Virginia average of 23.2 minutes each way, a difference of 18.1 minutes.

Buckingham County holds about 0.2% of Virginia's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Buckingham County would save about 138 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $4,266 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)
Buckingham County	41.3 min	82.6 min	344 hrs/yr	$10,664	478
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

Lexington city (10.6 min)
Covington city (12.2 min)
Norton city (13.1 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Virginia

Amelia County (43.7 min)
Craig County (41.3 min)
Buckingham County (41.3 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Buckingham County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 41.3 minutes to get to work in Buckingham County. That's 84% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 3 slowest counties in Virginia

The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Buckingham County

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

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

Biking is unusually rare in Buckingham County: 17.5 times less than the Virginia average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Buckingham County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Buckingham 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	Public Transportation	Walked	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	87.9%	4.8%	5.9%	0.0%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	87.9%	4.5%	6.5%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	91.5%	3.3%	4.8%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	91.3%	4.2%	3.4%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	91.9%	2.7%	4.2%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	93.3%	2.5%	2.5%	0.8%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	93.9%	1.9%	2.2%	0.5%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	91.9%	3.5%	1.6%	0.6%	1.5%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%
2017	92.7%	3.6%	0.5%	1.0%	1.5%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%
2018	92.4%	4.3%	0.4%	1.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%
2019	89.9%	5.2%	2.0%	0.7%	1.5%	0.0%	0.7%	0.1%
2020	90.9%	5.0%	1.9%	0.7%	0.7%	0.0%	0.6%	0.1%
2021	88.3%	4.9%	4.4%	1.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2022	89.1%	5.1%	3.6%	1.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2023	88.4%	6.6%	3.1%	1.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2024	87.9%	7.9%	1.8%	1.5%	0.8%	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 2015 at 93.9%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 87.9% in 2009 and 87.9% in 2024. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Buckingham County: its share of workers rose from 4.8% in 2009 to 7.9% in 2024, up 3.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.5% to 0.8% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Public transit overtook walking to become the 4th most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Buckingham County

Early BirdThe earliest start among Virginia's 133 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:55 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Buckingham County?

The bars show when commuters in Buckingham 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		10.5%
5:00-5:29 AM		7.9%
5:30-5:59 AM		8.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		14.6%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.9%
7:00-7:29 AM		10.6%
7:30-7:59 AM		8.6%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.1%
8:30-8:59 AM		2.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		3.6%
10:00-10:59 AM		0.6%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Buckingham County is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 14.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.7% across Virginia. Early starts are more common than in Virginia: 27.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Virginia: 39.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.2%) 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 Buckingham 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 Buckingham 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 Buckingham 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	Buckingham County	Virginia	United States
2009	7:18 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:15 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:16 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:10 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:12 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:10 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:10 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:13 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:08 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:05 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:03 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	6:52 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2021	6:47 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2022	6:57 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	6:53 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	6:55 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Buckingham County were on the road by 6:55 AM, 23 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:18 AM). That goes against the trend across Virginia, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Buckingham County now leave 43 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 Buckingham County has moved 8 minutes earlier.

How does Buckingham County's commute time compare?

Metric	Buckingham County	Virginia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	41.3 min	23.2 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	06:00 AM – 06:29 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	7.9%	18.3%	15.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.5%	2.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Buckingham County is 41.3 minutes, longer than the 23.2 minutes in Virginia.

1.5% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.3% in Virginia. 0.8% commute by walking, lower than the 2.1% in Virginia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Buckingham County, VA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Buckingham County, VA is typical in size for this group, 16,972 residents against a local median of 16,605, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Where Buckingham County, VA breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 32% above the local median of 31.3 min at 41.3 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 7.9% against a local median of 10.3%, 23% below it. The counties themselves spread 13.0 min on one-way commute, so Buckingham County, VA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Buckingham County, VA has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Buckingham County, VA	16,972	41.3 min #6/6	7.9% #5/6	6:55 AM #1/6
Cumberland County, VA	9,818	31.5 min	8.7%	7:16 AM
Appomattox County, VA	16,605	26.7 min	10.3%	7:21 AM
Prince Edward County, VA	21,996	18.9 min	7.3%	7:40 AM
Fluvanna County, VA	28,092	31.9 min	16.5%	7:28 AM
Nelson County, VA	14,732	31.3 min	19.1%	7:23 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Buckingham County, Virginia.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 344 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $10,664 at a typical national wage. That's 78% more than the typical Virginia commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Buckingham 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.

How do commute times compare across 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).