Charlotte County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Charlotte County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Charlotte County spend about 58 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 240 hours, about 10.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 24% more time on the road than the Virginia average of 23.2 minutes each way, a difference of 5.6 minutes.

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

Working from home just 2 days a week in Charlotte County would save about 96 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,972 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)
Charlotte County	28.8 min	57.5 min	240 hrs/yr	$7,430	325
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

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On average, it takes 28.8 minutes to get to work in Charlotte County. That's 28% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 74% 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 6.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Charlotte County

• Car: 90.7%
• Worked at Home: 6.4%
• Other: 2.5%
• Walked: 0.3% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Walking is unusually rare in Charlotte County: 6.2 times less than the Virginia average (0.3% vs 2.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Charlotte County: 37.6 times less than the Virginia average (0.1% vs 2.3%).

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

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

Few people walk or bike to work in Charlotte County: just 0.3%, 7.1 times below the Virginia average of 2.3%.

Commute Mode Trends in Charlotte County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Charlotte 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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• Worked at Home
• Other
• Walked
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	92.8%	2.8%	3.6%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	90.6%	3.2%	4.9%	0.7%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	86.4%	5.0%	6.2%	1.2%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	86.8%	5.6%	5.3%	1.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	86.6%	4.8%	4.9%	1.7%	1.2%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%
2014	86.5%	4.0%	5.2%	2.5%	1.0%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%
2015	87.3%	4.0%	4.7%	2.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%
2016	86.0%	6.7%	3.4%	2.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%
2017	87.2%	6.8%	2.5%	2.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%
2018	83.9%	7.9%	5.1%	2.8%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	83.1%	9.0%	5.0%	2.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	84.6%	9.1%	3.4%	2.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	88.0%	6.1%	3.2%	2.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	88.9%	6.0%	2.5%	2.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	91.2%	5.4%	1.8%	1.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	90.7%	6.4%	2.5%	0.3%	0.1%	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 83.1%. Overall it fell from 92.8% in 2009 to 90.7% in 2024, down 2.1 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Charlotte County: its share of workers rose from 2.8% in 2009 to 6.4% in 2024, up 3.6 percentage points.

Working from home peaked at 9.1% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 6.4%.

Commute Start Times in Charlotte County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Charlotte County?

The bars show when commuters in Charlotte 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 Charlotte County8.9% Virginia5.0%	8.9%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Charlotte County2.2% Virginia4.0%	2.2%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Charlotte County9.5% Virginia5.0%	9.5%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Charlotte County7.4% Virginia8.7%	7.4%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Charlotte County11.8% Virginia9.2%	11.8%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Charlotte County13.2% Virginia14.2%	13.2%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Charlotte County14.6% Virginia12.1%	14.6%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Charlotte County13.6% Virginia12.1%	13.6%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Charlotte County1.4% Virginia6.4%	1.4%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Charlotte County3.3% Virginia7.2%	3.3%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Charlotte County1.3% Virginia3.0%	1.3%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Charlotte County1.0% Virginia1.4%	1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Charlotte County7.5% Virginia6.0%	7.5%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Charlotte County4.1% Virginia5.7%	4.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Charlotte County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 14.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.1% across Virginia. Early starts are more common than in Virginia: 20.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Virginia: 53.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.3%) 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 Charlotte 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 Charlotte 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 Charlotte 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.

• Charlotte County
• Virginia
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Charlotte County	Virginia	United States
2009	7:18 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:18 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:21 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:25 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:23 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:26 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:25 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:21 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:22 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:13 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:18 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:12 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:16 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:17 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:22 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:23 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Charlotte County were on the road by 7:23 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:18 AM). Virginia followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes later. Commuters in Charlotte County now leave 15 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 Charlotte County has moved 5 minutes later.

How does Charlotte County's commute time compare?

Metric	Charlotte County	Virginia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	28.8 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	6.4%	18.3%	15.0%
Walked	0.3%	2.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	2.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Charlotte County is 28.8 minutes, longer than the 23.2 minutes in Virginia.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.3% in Virginia. 0.3% commute by walking, lower than the 2.1% in Virginia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau