King William County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in King William 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 King William County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in King William County spend about 68 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 282 hours, about 11.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 46% more time on the road than the Virginia average of 23.2 minutes each way, a difference of 10.6 minutes.

King William 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 King William County would save about 113 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,495 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)
King William County	33.8 min	67.6 min	282 hrs/yr	$8,737	768
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

King William County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 33.8 minutes to get to work in King William County. That's 51% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in King William County

Walking is unusually rare in King William County: 7.7 times less than the Virginia average (0.3% vs 2.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in King William County: 16.2 times less than the Virginia average (0.1% vs 2.3%).

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

Few people walk or bike to work in King William County: just 0.3%, 8.7 times below the Virginia average of 2.3%.

Commute Mode Trends in King William County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in King William 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	Taxi	Walked	Motorcycle	Public Transportation	Bicycle
2009	93.4%	4.7%	0.6%	0.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%
2010	93.5%	5.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2011	92.2%	6.0%	0.6%	0.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2012	91.2%	7.0%	0.5%	0.0%	1.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2013	90.7%	6.6%	1.5%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2014	90.3%	7.4%	1.1%	0.0%	0.9%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2015	92.3%	5.5%	1.5%	0.0%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	92.8%	4.9%	1.2%	0.0%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	93.4%	3.8%	1.5%	0.0%	0.6%	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%
2018	93.1%	5.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.6%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%
2019	92.3%	6.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.6%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%
2020	91.7%	7.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%
2021	89.1%	9.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
2022	88.6%	10.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%
2023	86.3%	11.9%	1.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	87.1%	10.9%	1.1%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2010 at 93.5% and lowest in 2023 at 86.3%. Overall it fell from 93.4% in 2009 to 87.1% in 2024, down 6.3 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in King William County: its share of workers rose from 4.7% in 2009 to 10.9% in 2024, up 6.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.6% to 0.1% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).

Working from home peaked at 11.9% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 10.9%.

Commute Start Times in King William County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in King William County?

The bars show when commuters in King William 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		4.1%
5:00-5:29 AM		6.9%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.2%
6:00-6:29 AM		14.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		16.1%
7:30-7:59 AM		7.0%
8:00-8:29 AM		13.8%
8:30-8:59 AM		2.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		3.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.2%
4:00-11:59 PM		7.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in King William County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.2% across Virginia. Early starts are more common than in Virginia: 15.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush looks much like Virginia's: 47.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.2%) 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 King William 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 King William 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 King William 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	King William County	Virginia	United States
2009	7:10 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:13 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:12 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:13 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:12 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:12 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:10 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:07 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:04 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:07 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:02 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:07 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:13 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:24 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:12 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:19 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in King William County were on the road by 7:19 AM, 9 minutes later than in 2009 (7:10 AM). The shift is sharper than across Virginia, where the typical start moved 3 minutes later. Commuters in King William County now leave 19 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 King William County has moved 17 minutes later.

How does King William County's commute time compare?

Metric	King William County	Virginia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	33.8 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	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	10.9%	18.3%	15.0%
Walked	0.3%	2.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.1%	2.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in King William County is 33.8 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

King William County, VA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

King William County, VA is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 18,593 residents against a local median of 10,620. There is no headline here. Every measure below sits within 15% of the median across the nearest counties, which makes King William County, VA an unremarkable member of its own neighbourhood rather than an outlier in it.

The largest of those small differences is work from home, 14% below the local median at 10.9% against 12.8%. King William County, VA has the 4th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
King William County, VA	18,593	33.8 min #6/6	10.9% #4/6	7:19 AM #3/6
King and Queen County, VA	6,696	33.8 min	12.8%	7:23 AM
New Kent County, VA	25,099	31.4 min	17.9%	7:23 AM
Essex County, VA	10,620	28.6 min	10.6%	7:18 AM
Charles City County, VA	6,627	33.3 min	9.7%	7:06 AM
Henrico County, VA	335,485	20.8 min	22.3%	7:54 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in King William County, Virginia.

Is commuting expensive in King William County, Virginia?

Commuters here spend an estimated 282 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,737 at a typical national wage. That's 46% more than the typical Virginia commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in King William County, Virginia?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in King William County, Virginia. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in King William 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).