Manassas Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Manassas, 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 Manassas: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Manassas spend about 62 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 259 hours, about 10.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 34% more time on the road than the Virginia average of 23.2 minutes each way, a difference of 7.9 minutes.

Manassas 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 Manassas would save about 104 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,211 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)
Manassas	31.1 min	62.1 min	259 hrs/yr	$8,026	2,477
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.

Manassas Commute Map

On average, it takes 31.1 minutes to get to work in Manassas. That's 39% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 12.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Manassas

Commute Mode Trends in Manassas, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Manassas 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	Other	Walked	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	90.9%	2.1%	3.2%	0.3%	2.9%	0.0%	0.5%	0.2%
2010	90.0%	2.1%	3.7%	0.5%	3.1%	0.0%	0.5%	0.1%
2011	89.7%	2.3%	3.6%	0.5%	3.2%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%
2012	90.2%	2.5%	3.7%	0.7%	2.5%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2013	90.4%	3.3%	3.8%	0.7%	1.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2014	90.1%	3.6%	4.0%	0.7%	1.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2015	89.4%	3.5%	4.3%	0.7%	1.5%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%
2016	90.0%	4.0%	3.5%	0.4%	1.5%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%
2017	89.9%	4.0%	3.7%	0.2%	1.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%
2018	90.2%	3.0%	4.0%	0.4%	1.6%	0.2%	0.6%	0.1%
2019	89.3%	4.0%	3.4%	0.4%	2.0%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%
2020	88.1%	5.5%	3.2%	0.6%	1.7%	0.7%	0.3%	0.0%
2021	84.6%	8.2%	3.7%	0.6%	1.8%	0.7%	0.3%	0.1%
2022	83.0%	10.2%	2.8%	0.6%	2.0%	0.8%	0.5%	0.1%
2023	82.5%	12.4%	2.3%	0.8%	1.0%	0.6%	0.3%	0.1%
2024	82.0%	12.5%	2.2%	1.3%	0.8%	0.6%	0.4%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 90.9% in 2009 to 82.0% in 2024, down 8.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Manassas: its share of workers rose from 2.1% in 2009 to 12.5% in 2024, up 10.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.9% to 0.8% of workers (down 2.1 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.

Public transit peaked at 4.3% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 2.2%.

Commute Start Times in Manassas

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Manassas?

The bars show when commuters in Manassas 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		9.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		6.9%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.5%
6:00-6:29 AM		13.4%
6:30-6:59 AM		6.8%
7:00-7:29 AM		11.9%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		13.4%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.4%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.1%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.8%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Manassas is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 13.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.1% across Virginia. Early starts are more common than in Virginia: 21.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Virginia: 42.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.6%) 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 Manassas, 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 Manassas 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 Manassas 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	Manassas	Virginia	United States
2009	7:20 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:23 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:25 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:25 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:20 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:23 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:20 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:24 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:25 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:19 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:16 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:20 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:19 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:18 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:17 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:21 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Manassas were on the road by 7:21 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Virginia, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Manassas now leave 17 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 Manassas has moved 4 minutes later.

How does Manassas's commute time compare?

Metric	Manassas	Virginia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	31.1 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	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	12.5%	18.3%	15.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	2.2%	2.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Manassas is 31.1 minutes, longer than the 23.2 minutes in Virginia.

2.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.3% in Virginia. 0.8% commute by walking, lower than the 2.1% in Virginia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Manassas, VA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Manassas, VA	42,976	31.1 min #1/2	12.5% #2/2	7:21 AM #2/2
Buckhall, VA	22,345	37.8 min	26.0%	7:16 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Manassas, Virginia.

Is living in Manassas, Virginia good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 259 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,026 at a typical national wage. That's 34% more than the typical Virginia commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Manassas, Virginia?

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