McNair Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in McNair, 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 McNair: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in McNair spend about 41 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 171 hours, about 7.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 12% less time on the road than the Virginia average of 23.2 minutes each way, a difference of 2.7 minutes.

McNair holds about 0.3% of Virginia's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in McNair would save about 68 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,117 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)
McNair	20.5 min	41.0 min	171 hrs/yr	$5,292	1,822
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.

McNair Commute Map

On average, it takes 20.5 minutes to get to work in McNair. That's 9% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 30.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in McNair

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in McNair: 10613.9 times less than the Virginia average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Driving is 20% less common in McNair than the Virginia average (60.2% vs 75.6%).

Commute Mode Trends in McNair, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in McNair 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	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	87.1%	5.2%	5.3%	1.4%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2010	89.9%	3.5%	3.0%	2.6%	0.5%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%
2011	89.2%	3.2%	3.5%	3.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.4%
2012	85.4%	5.0%	4.7%	4.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%
2013	83.0%	6.4%	6.3%	3.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.5%
2014	83.1%	5.6%	7.4%	3.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.3%
2015	82.1%	5.6%	8.8%	2.9%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2016	81.1%	5.6%	9.6%	2.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2017	81.5%	5.4%	9.3%	2.4%	1.0%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%
2018	81.7%	5.3%	8.2%	3.1%	1.0%	0.2%	0.4%	0.2%
2019	79.6%	5.5%	9.4%	2.5%	1.5%	0.3%	1.0%	0.2%
2020	76.9%	10.3%	6.5%	3.1%	1.4%	0.3%	1.4%	0.2%
2021	73.3%	16.0%	5.3%	2.8%	1.4%	0.4%	0.7%	0.1%
2022	66.5%	22.6%	6.3%	2.1%	1.6%	0.3%	0.7%	0.0%
2023	63.2%	26.1%	6.1%	1.5%	2.2%	0.2%	0.7%	0.0%
2024	60.2%	30.7%	4.0%	2.3%	1.6%	0.8%	0.3%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2010 at 89.9%. Overall it fell from 87.1% in 2009 to 60.2% in 2024, down 26.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in McNair: its share of workers rose from 5.2% in 2009 to 30.7% in 2024, up 25.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 25.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 5.3% to 4.0% of workers (down 1.3 percentage points).

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

Walking peaked at 4.1% in 2012 and has since fallen back to 2.3%.

Commute Start Times in McNair

What Time Do People Leave for Work in McNair?

The bars show when commuters in McNair 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		3.6%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		4.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		6.5%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.3%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		15.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		12.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		10.5%
10:00-10:59 AM		6.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		2.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in McNair is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 15.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.1% 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 spread out than in Virginia: 45.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.0%) 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 McNair, 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 McNair 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 McNair 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	McNair	Virginia	United States
2009	8:03 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:20 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:22 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	8:15 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:15 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:18 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:21 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:22 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:21 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2018	8:23 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2019	8:20 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:13 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:18 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:11 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:08 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:10 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in McNair were on the road by 8:10 AM, 6 minutes later than in 2009 (8:03 AM). The shift is sharper than across Virginia, where the typical start moved 3 minutes later. Commuters in McNair now leave 32 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in McNair has moved 10 minutes earlier.

How does McNair's commute time compare?

Metric	McNair	Virginia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	20.5 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	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	30.7%	18.3%	15.0%
Walked	2.3%	2.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	4.0%	2.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in McNair is 20.5 minutes, shorter than the 23.2 minutes in Virginia.

4.0% commute by public transit, higher than the 2.3% in Virginia. 2.3% commute by walking, higher than the 2.1% in Virginia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

McNair, VA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
McNair, VA	22,856	20.5 min #1/2	30.7% #1/2	8:10 AM #2/2
Herndon, VA	24,312	23.5 min	21.2%	7:45 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in McNair, Virginia.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 171 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,292 at a typical national wage. That's 12% less than the typical Virginia commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in McNair, Virginia?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in McNair, Virginia. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is McNair, Virginia a good location for remote and hybrid workers?

About 30.7% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in McNair would save about 68 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,117 at the same national wage assumption used above.