Commuting in Northumberland 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 Northumberland County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Northumberland County spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 197 hours, about 8.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 2% more time on the road than the Virginia average of 23.2 minutes each way, a difference of 0.4 minutes.
Northumberland 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 Northumberland County would save about 79 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,438 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)
Northumberland County
23.6 min
47.2 min
197 hrs/yr
$6,095
496
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.
On average, it takes
23.6
minutes to get to work in
Northumberland County.
That's 5% 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 15.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Northumberland County
Car:
82.7%
Worked at Home:
15.2%
Other:
1.1%
Walked:
1.0%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Northumberland County, versus 0.1% in Virginia.
Public transit is essentially absent in Northumberland County, versus 2.3% in Virginia.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Northumberland County, versus 0.2% in Virginia.
Biking is essentially absent in Northumberland County, versus 0.3% in Virginia.
Commute Mode Trends in Northumberland County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Northumberland 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
Walked
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
88.8%
7.6%
2.0%
1.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
84.2%
9.4%
2.7%
3.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
81.3%
11.3%
2.9%
3.6%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
82.4%
11.6%
2.4%
2.4%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
83.7%
10.7%
2.2%
2.1%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
84.3%
9.5%
2.9%
1.8%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
89.3%
8.1%
1.2%
0.7%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
91.2%
6.3%
1.7%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
91.7%
4.8%
2.1%
0.9%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
89.3%
6.9%
2.2%
1.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
89.1%
8.0%
1.9%
0.9%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
86.9%
10.5%
1.5%
1.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
85.5%
12.4%
1.1%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
85.3%
13.2%
0.9%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
84.6%
14.6%
0.3%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
82.7%
15.2%
1.1%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2017 at 91.7% and lowest in 2011 at 81.3%. Overall it fell from 88.8% in 2009 to 82.7% in 2024, down 6.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Northumberland County: its share of workers rose from 7.6% in 2009 to 15.2% in 2024, up 7.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.6% to 1.0% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).
Public transit peaked at 1.4% in 2013 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.
Commute Start Times in Northumberland County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Northumberland County?
The bars show when commuters in Northumberland 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.
Northumberland CountyVirginiaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Northumberland County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 21.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.2% across Virginia. Early starts are about as common as in Virginia: 14.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush looks much like Virginia's: 49.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.7%) 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 Northumberland 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 Northumberland 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 Northumberland 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
Northumberland County
Virginia
United States
2009
7:25 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:25 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:25 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:24 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:20 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:21 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:22 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:26 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:23 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:19 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Northumberland County were on the road by 7:19 AM, 5 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:25 AM). That goes against the trend across Virginia, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Northumberland 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 Northumberland County has moved 2 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Northumberland County in the whole series.
How does Northumberland County's commute time compare?
Metric
Northumberland County
Virginia
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
23.6 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
15.2%
18.3%
15.0%
Walked
1.0%
2.1%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
2.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Northumberland County is 23.6 minutes, longer than the 23.2 minutes in Virginia.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.3% in Virginia. 1.0% commute by walking, lower than the 2.1% in Virginia.
Northumberland County, VA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Northumberland County, VA is typical in size for this group, 12,188 residents against a local median of 10,847, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Northumberland County, VA sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.
The largest of those small differences is work from home, 13% below the local median at 15.2% against 17.5%. Northumberland County, VA has the 4th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Northumberland County, Virginia.
Is living in Northumberland County, Virginia good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 197 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,095 at a typical national wage. That's 2% more than the typical Virginia commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Northumberland County, Virginia?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Northumberland 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.
How common is public transit use in Northumberland County, Virginia?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 2.3% in Virginia, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
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).