Commuting in Floyd 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 Floyd County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Floyd County spend about 55 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 229 hours, about 9.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 19% more time on the road than the Virginia average of 23.2 minutes each way, a difference of 4.3 minutes.
Floyd County holds about 0.2% of Virginia's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Floyd County would save about 92 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,841 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)
Floyd County
27.5 min
55.0 min
229 hrs/yr
$7,103
460
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.
On average, it takes
27.5
minutes to get to work in
Floyd County.
That's 23% 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 11.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Floyd County
Car:
85.8%
Worked at Home:
11.7%
Walked:
1.9%
Other:
0.5%
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 Floyd County, versus 0.1% in Virginia.
Public transit is unusually rare in Floyd County: 35.2 times less than the Virginia average (0.1% vs 2.3%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Floyd County, versus 0.2% in Virginia.
Biking is essentially absent in Floyd County, versus 0.3% in Virginia.
Commute Mode Trends in Floyd County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Floyd 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
Other
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
90.3%
5.2%
2.3%
0.3%
1.4%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
2010
88.5%
5.6%
3.7%
0.8%
1.2%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2011
88.6%
6.2%
3.5%
0.6%
0.5%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
2012
87.8%
7.3%
3.2%
1.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
2013
87.0%
8.1%
2.1%
2.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2014
87.6%
8.6%
1.7%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2015
89.5%
7.2%
1.4%
1.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2016
90.1%
6.5%
1.7%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
89.9%
6.5%
1.5%
1.4%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
91.1%
6.2%
1.3%
0.7%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
91.0%
6.3%
1.7%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
89.0%
9.1%
0.9%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
87.5%
10.1%
1.2%
0.6%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
88.2%
10.1%
1.6%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
88.0%
10.2%
1.6%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
85.8%
11.7%
1.9%
0.5%
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 peaked in 2018 at 91.1%. Overall it fell from 90.3% in 2009 to 85.8% in 2024, down 4.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Floyd County: its share of workers rose from 5.2% in 2009 to 11.7% in 2024, up 6.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.4% to 0.1% of workers (down 1.3 percentage points).
Walking peaked at 3.7% in 2010 and has since fallen back to 1.9%.
Commute Start Times in Floyd County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Floyd County?
The bars show when commuters in Floyd 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 AMFloyd County5.4%Virginia5.0%
5.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMFloyd County3.8%Virginia4.0%
3.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMFloyd County2.1%Virginia5.0%
2.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMFloyd County10.5%Virginia8.7%
10.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMFloyd County8.3%Virginia9.2%
8.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMFloyd County17.6%Virginia14.2%
17.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMFloyd County15.6%Virginia12.1%
15.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMFloyd County10.0%Virginia12.1%
10.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMFloyd County6.0%Virginia6.4%
6.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMFloyd County4.9%Virginia7.2%
4.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMFloyd County3.4%Virginia3.0%
3.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMFloyd County1.3%Virginia1.4%
1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMFloyd County6.6%Virginia6.0%
6.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMFloyd County4.5%Virginia5.7%
4.5%
Floyd CountyVirginiaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Floyd County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.2% across Virginia. Early starts are less common than in Virginia: 11.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Virginia: 51.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.7%) 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 Floyd 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 Floyd 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 Floyd 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
Floyd County
Virginia
United States
2009
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:25 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:24 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:16 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:18 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:16 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:18 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:15 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:19 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:26 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:28 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:35 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Floyd County were on the road by 7:35 AM, 6 minutes later than in 2009 (7:29 AM). The shift is sharper than across Virginia, where the typical start moved 3 minutes later. Commuters in Floyd County now leave 3 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 Floyd County has moved 14 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Floyd County in the whole series.
How does Floyd County's commute time compare?
Metric
Floyd County
Virginia
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
27.5 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
11.7%
18.3%
15.0%
Walked
1.9%
2.1%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
2.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Floyd County is 27.5 minutes, longer than the 23.2 minutes in Virginia.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.3% in Virginia. 1.9% commute by walking, lower than the 2.1% in Virginia.
Floyd County, VA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Floyd County, VA is the smallest of the 5 counties compared here, 15,593 residents against a local median of 31,421. Where Floyd County, VA breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 25% above the local median of 22.0 min at 27.5 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 11.7% against a local median of 9.6%, 23% above it. The counties themselves spread 11.1 min on one-way commute, so Floyd County, VA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Floyd County, VA has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 5 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Floyd County, Virginia.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Floyd County, Virginia?
Commuters here spend an estimated 229 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,103 at a typical national wage. That's 19% more than the typical Virginia commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Floyd County, Virginia?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Floyd 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.
How common is public transit use in Floyd 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.
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).