Craig County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Craig County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Craig 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 14.4 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 18.2 minutes.

Craig 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 Craig County would save about 138 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $4,271 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)
Craig County	41.3 min	82.7 min	344 hrs/yr	$10,679	386
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 41.3 minutes to get to work in Craig 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 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 16.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Craig County

• Car: 83.1%
• Worked at Home: 16.9%
• Other: < 0.1%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Walked: < 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 Craig County, versus 0.1% in Virginia.

Walking is essentially absent in Craig County, versus 2.1% in Virginia.

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

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

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

Walking or biking to work is essentially absent in Craig County, versus 2.3% in Virginia.

Commute Mode Trends in Craig County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Craig 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	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Walked
2009	94.7%	4.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%
2010	94.6%	3.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%	1.0%
2011	94.1%	4.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	1.3%
2012	95.6%	2.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%	1.4%
2013	95.0%	2.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%	0.6%	0.3%
2014	96.3%	1.1%	1.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.7%	0.6%	0.3%
2015	96.6%	1.3%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.4%
2016	95.6%	1.5%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	94.1%	3.8%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	96.0%	4.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	97.4%	2.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2020	97.4%	2.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	95.2%	4.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2022	95.7%	4.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2023	91.4%	8.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2024	83.1%	16.9%	0.1%	0.0%	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 2019 at 97.4%. Overall it fell from 94.7% in 2009 to 83.1% in 2024, down 11.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Craig County: its share of workers rose from 4.5% in 2009 to 16.9% in 2024, up 12.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 14.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 0.8% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.8 percentage points).

Riding a motorcycle peaked at 1.1% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.

Commute Start Times in Craig County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Craig County?

The bars show when commuters in Craig 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 Craig County17.6% Virginia5.0%	17.6%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Craig County1.7% Virginia4.0%	1.7%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Craig County2.2% Virginia5.0%	2.2%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Craig County10.7% Virginia8.7%	10.7%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Craig County9.9% Virginia9.2%	9.9%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Craig County24.0% Virginia14.2%	24.0%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Craig County10.8% Virginia12.1%	10.8%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Craig County5.0% Virginia12.1%	5.0%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Craig County1.8% Virginia6.4%	1.8%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Craig County3.8% Virginia7.2%	3.8%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Craig County2.2% Virginia3.0%	2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Craig County0.9% Virginia1.4%	0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Craig County2.9% Virginia6.0%	2.9%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Craig County6.3% Virginia5.7%	6.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Craig County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 24.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.2% across Virginia. Early starts are more common than in Virginia: 21.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Virginia: 49.7% 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 Craig 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 Craig 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 Craig 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	Craig County	Virginia	United States
2009	7:07 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:12 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:09 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:25 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:28 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:21 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:14 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:03 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:06 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:20 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:24 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:16 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:14 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:12 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:16 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:10 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Craig County were on the road by 7:10 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:07 AM). Virginia followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes later. Commuters in Craig County now leave 28 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 Craig County has moved 14 minutes earlier.

How does Craig County's commute time compare?

Metric	Craig County	Virginia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	41.3 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	12:00 AM – 04:59 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	16.9%	18.3%	15.0%
Walked	< 0.1%	2.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	2.3%	3.2%

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

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau