Carroll County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Q: Is living in Carroll County, Virginia good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 195 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,055 at a typical national wage. That's 1% more than the typical Virginia commuter spends.

Q: When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Carroll County, Virginia?

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

Q: Do people use public transit in Carroll County, Virginia?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 2.3% in Virginia, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Q: 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).

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Commute Time Burden in Carroll County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Carroll County spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 195 hours, about 8.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% more time on the road than the Virginia average of 23.2 minutes each way, a difference of 0.3 minutes.

Carroll County holds about 0.3% of Virginia's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Carroll County would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,422 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)
Carroll County	23.4 min	46.9 min	195 hrs/yr	$6,055	392
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

Carroll County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 23.4 minutes to get to work in Carroll County. That's 5% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 3.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Carroll County

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

Driving is 25% more common in Carroll County than the Virginia average (94.8% vs 75.6%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Carroll County: 40.5 times less than the Virginia average (0.1% vs 2.3%).

Working from home is unusually rare in Carroll County: 5.7 times less than the Virginia average (3.2% vs 18.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Carroll County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Carroll 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	Walked	Bicycle	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	94.2%	2.5%	1.5%	0.0%	1.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	94.8%	2.3%	1.2%	0.2%	1.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	94.9%	2.4%	1.1%	0.1%	1.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	95.9%	1.5%	0.8%	0.1%	0.9%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	95.7%	2.1%	0.7%	0.2%	0.7%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	95.5%	2.9%	0.6%	0.2%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	96.2%	3.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	95.4%	3.3%	0.9%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	94.8%	4.1%	1.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	95.3%	3.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	95.5%	3.4%	1.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	94.7%	3.9%	1.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	94.6%	3.6%	1.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	94.4%	3.5%	1.4%	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	94.5%	3.5%	1.4%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	94.8%	3.2%	1.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	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 96.2%. Overall it rose from 94.2% in 2009 to 94.8% in 2024, up 0.6 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Carroll County: its share of workers rose from 2.5% in 2009 to 3.2% in 2024, up 0.7 percentage points.

Commute Start Times in Carroll County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Carroll County?

The bars show when commuters in Carroll 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		4.6%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.6%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		12.2%
7:00-7:29 AM		18.2%
7:30-7:59 AM		15.0%
8:00-8:29 AM		8.8%
8:30-8:59 AM		1.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.7%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.4%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Carroll County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.2% across Virginia. Early starts are about as common as in Virginia: 13.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Virginia: 54.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.3%) 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 Carroll 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 Carroll 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 Carroll 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	Carroll County	Virginia	United States
2009	7:31 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:36 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:37 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:37 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:38 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:36 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:33 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:27 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:29 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:27 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:26 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:25 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:28 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:27 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:27 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:23 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Carroll County were on the road by 7:23 AM, 8 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:31 AM). That goes against the trend across Virginia, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Carroll County now leave 14 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 Carroll County has moved 3 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Carroll County in the whole series.

How does Carroll County's commute time compare?

Metric	Carroll County	Virginia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.4 min	23.2 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	3.2%	18.3%	15.0%
Walked	1.3%	2.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	2.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Carroll County is about the same as in Virginia.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.3% in Virginia. 1.3% commute by walking, lower than the 2.1% in Virginia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Carroll County, VA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Carroll County, VA is typical in size for this group, 29,157 residents against a local median of 30,934, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. The measure that sets Carroll County, VA apart most is work from home: 3.2%, 53% below the local median of 6.9%.

The counties themselves spread 5.5% on work from home, so Carroll County, VA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Carroll County, VA has the 5th highest work from home of the 5 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Carroll County, VA	29,157	23.4 min #4/5	3.2% #5/5	7:23 AM #1/5
Surry County, NC	71,374	18.9 min	6.7%	7:31 AM
Pulaski County, VA	33,685	20.5 min	6.2%	7:34 AM
Wythe County, VA	28,184	20.8 min	7.0%	7:38 AM
Floyd County, VA	15,593	27.5 min	11.7%	7:34 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Carroll County, Virginia.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 195 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,055 at a typical national wage. That's 1% more than the typical Virginia commuter spends.

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

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

Do people use public transit in Carroll County, Virginia?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% 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).