Mathews County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Mathews 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 Mathews County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Mathews County spend about 54 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 227 hours, about 9.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 18% more time on the road than the Virginia average of 23.2 minutes each way, a difference of 4.1 minutes.

Mathews 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 Mathews County would save about 91 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,814 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)
Mathews County	27.2 min	54.5 min	227 hrs/yr	$7,035	1,150
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

Mathews County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 27.2 minutes to get to work in Mathews County. That's 21% 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 17.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Mathews County

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Mathews County, versus 0.1% in Virginia.

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

Commute Mode Trends in Mathews County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Mathews 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	Public Transportation	Taxi	Other	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	88.8%	6.1%	2.5%	1.5%	0.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	88.3%	6.0%	3.6%	1.6%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	88.6%	7.5%	2.1%	0.9%	0.0%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	86.6%	7.7%	2.2%	1.8%	0.0%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	89.0%	7.7%	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%	1.2%	0.0%	1.3%
2014	89.0%	6.8%	0.5%	0.2%	0.5%	1.4%	0.0%	1.6%
2015	89.3%	6.8%	0.1%	0.2%	0.5%	1.4%	0.0%	1.7%
2016	87.6%	6.9%	0.9%	0.6%	0.5%	2.3%	0.0%	1.1%
2017	89.9%	5.4%	0.7%	0.3%	0.4%	1.5%	0.0%	1.8%
2018	90.8%	4.6%	1.3%	0.6%	0.5%	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	92.3%	5.3%	0.8%	0.4%	0.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	88.5%	7.9%	1.1%	1.4%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	91.5%	6.5%	0.9%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	82.4%	14.5%	1.8%	0.8%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	80.9%	15.2%	2.6%	0.8%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	77.8%	17.6%	2.6%	1.2%	0.7%	0.2%	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 92.3%. Overall it fell from 88.8% in 2009 to 77.8% in 2024, down 11.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Mathews County: its share of workers rose from 6.1% in 2009 to 17.6% in 2024, up 11.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 12.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Biking peaked at 1.8% in 2017 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.

Commute Start Times in Mathews County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Mathews County?

The bars show when commuters in Mathews 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		3.2%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		6.9%
7:00-7:29 AM		19.2%
7:30-7:59 AM		15.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		7.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		0.7%
11:00-11:59 AM		3.9%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.1%
4:00-11:59 PM		3.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Mathews County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.2% across Virginia. Early starts are less common than in Virginia: 10.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Virginia: 53.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.1%) 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 Mathews 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 Mathews 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 Mathews 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	Mathews County	Virginia	United States
2009	7:19 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:19 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:15 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:20 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:17 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:22 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:28 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:20 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:27 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:09 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:06 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:03 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:24 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:16 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:36 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:38 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Mathews County were on the road by 7:38 AM, 18 minutes later than in 2009 (7:19 AM). The shift is sharper than across Virginia, where the typical start moved 3 minutes later. Commuters in Mathews County 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 Mathews County has moved 31 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Mathews County in the whole series.

How does Mathews County's commute time compare?

Metric	Mathews County	Virginia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	27.2 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	17.6%	18.3%	15.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.2%	2.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Mathews County is 27.2 minutes, longer than the 23.2 minutes in Virginia.

1.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.3% in Virginia. 2.6% commute by walking, higher than the 2.1% in Virginia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Mathews County, VA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Mathews County, VA is the smallest of the 5 counties compared here, 8,540 residents against a local median of 25,231. Mathews County, VA's work from home, at 17.6%, runs 20% above the 14.6% typical of the counties around it.

The counties themselves spread 11.8% on work from home, so Mathews County, VA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Mathews County, VA has the 2nd highest work from home of the 5 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Mathews County, VA	8,540	27.2 min #3/5	17.6% #2/5	7:38 AM #4/5
York County, VA	71,005	20.4 min	14.4%	7:29 AM
Gloucester County, VA	39,526	32.2 min	10.9%	7:25 AM
Middlesex County, VA	10,847	30.6 min	22.7%	7:18 AM
Lancaster County, VA	10,936	20.6 min	14.8%	7:38 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Mathews County, Virginia.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 227 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,035 at a typical national wage. That's 18% more than the typical Virginia commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Mathews 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 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).