Lake Ridge Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Lake Ridge, 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 Lake Ridge: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lake Ridge spend about 68 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 283 hours, about 11.8 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 10.7 minutes.

Lake Ridge holds about 0.5% of Virginia's population but accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Lake Ridge would save about 113 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,504 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)
Lake Ridge	33.9 min	67.8 min	283 hrs/yr	$8,760	3,350
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.

Lake Ridge Commute Map

On average, it takes 33.9 minutes to get to work in Lake Ridge. That's 51% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 20.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lake Ridge

Biking is unusually rare in Lake Ridge: 350355.6 times less than the Virginia average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Lake Ridge, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lake Ridge 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	Public Transportation	Walked	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	86.5%	4.1%	7.3%	1.1%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2010	87.5%	2.6%	7.4%	1.0%	1.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2011	86.9%	3.2%	7.4%	1.1%	1.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2012	87.2%	3.7%	6.9%	0.8%	0.9%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%
2013	87.1%	3.2%	7.2%	1.1%	0.8%	0.1%	0.5%	0.0%
2014	87.7%	3.3%	6.8%	0.8%	0.8%	0.0%	0.5%	0.1%
2015	87.7%	3.3%	6.6%	0.6%	0.9%	0.0%	0.7%	0.2%
2016	87.6%	2.9%	6.6%	0.7%	1.3%	0.0%	0.6%	0.2%
2017	87.0%	3.6%	5.9%	1.1%	1.6%	0.0%	0.6%	0.2%
2018	87.7%	3.5%	5.9%	0.8%	1.4%	0.0%	0.5%	0.2%
2019	87.5%	3.7%	5.8%	0.8%	1.6%	0.0%	0.5%	0.1%
2020	84.4%	7.2%	5.8%	0.8%	1.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2021	81.8%	10.6%	5.1%	0.8%	1.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2022	81.1%	13.8%	3.6%	0.3%	0.8%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	76.5%	18.7%	3.2%	0.4%	0.7%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	75.6%	20.5%	2.3%	0.8%	0.5%	0.3%	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 2014 at 87.7%. Overall it fell from 86.5% in 2009 to 75.6% in 2024, down 10.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Lake Ridge: its share of workers rose from 4.1% in 2009 to 20.5% in 2024, up 16.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 16.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 7.3% to 2.3% of workers (down 5.0 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Lake Ridge

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lake Ridge?

The bars show when commuters in Lake Ridge 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		6.4%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		12.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		12.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.1%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.5%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.8%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.9%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.3%
4:00-11:59 PM		3.2%

Lake Ridge Virginia Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Lake Ridge is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 12.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.1% across Virginia. Early starts are more common than in Virginia: 16.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush looks much like Virginia's: 45.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.7%) 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 Lake Ridge, 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 Lake Ridge 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 Lake Ridge 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	Lake Ridge	Virginia	United States
2009	7:13 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:13 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:13 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:13 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:11 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:13 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:11 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:16 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:18 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:12 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:15 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:20 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:23 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:29 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:35 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:38 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lake Ridge were on the road by 7:38 AM, 25 minutes later than in 2009 (7:13 AM). The shift is sharper than across Virginia, where the typical start moved 3 minutes later. Commuters in Lake Ridge now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Lake Ridge has moved 23 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Lake Ridge in the whole series.

How does Lake Ridge's commute time compare?

Metric	Lake Ridge	Virginia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	33.9 min	23.2 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 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	20.5%	18.3%	15.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	2.3%	2.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Lake Ridge is 33.9 minutes, longer than the 23.2 minutes in Virginia.

The share of commuters using public transit is about the same as Virginia. 0.8% commute by walking, lower than the 2.1% in Virginia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Lake Ridge, VA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Lake Ridge, VA compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Lake Ridge, VA	40,143	33.9 min #1/2	20.5% #1/2	7:38 AM #2/2
Dale City, VA	67,951	35.8 min	14.7%	7:17 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Lake Ridge, Virginia.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Lake Ridge, Virginia?

Commuters here spend an estimated 283 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,760 at a typical national wage. That's 46% more than the typical Virginia commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Lake Ridge, Virginia?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Lake Ridge, 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.