Commuting in Norton city, 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 Norton city: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Norton city spend about 26 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 109 hours, about 4.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 44% less time on the road than the Virginia average of 23.2 minutes each way, a difference of 10.1 minutes.
Norton city holds about 0.0% of Virginia's population and accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Norton city would save about 44 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,353 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)
Norton city
13.1 min
26.2 min
109 hrs/yr
$3,381
1,035
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
13.1
minutes to get to work in
Norton city.
That's 42% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 3 fastest counties in Virginia
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 18.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Norton city
Car:
74.3%
Worked at Home:
18.5%
Public Transportation:
4.2%
Other:
1.7%
Walked:
1.4%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Norton city, versus 0.1% in Virginia.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Norton city, versus 0.2% in Virginia.
Biking is essentially absent in Norton city, versus 0.3% in Virginia.
Commute Mode Trends in Norton city, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Norton city 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
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
96.4%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2010
97.0%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
97.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
94.9%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
3.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
94.3%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
4.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
94.6%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
3.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
95.7%
1.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
95.2%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
100.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
99.1%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
92.4%
3.9%
3.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
89.1%
4.1%
6.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
82.1%
10.0%
7.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
79.6%
11.3%
6.8%
1.6%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
76.7%
15.6%
5.1%
1.8%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
74.3%
18.5%
4.2%
1.7%
1.4%
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 peaked in 2017 at 100.0%. Overall it fell from 96.4% in 2009 to 74.3% in 2024, down 22.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Norton city: its share of workers rose from 1.1% in 2009 to 18.5% in 2024, up 17.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 14.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.3% to 1.4% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.
Public transit peaked at 7.9% in 2021 and has since fallen back to 4.2%.
Commute Start Times in Norton city
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Norton city?
The bars show when commuters in Norton city 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
12:00-4:59 AMNorton city4.1%Virginia5.0%
4.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMNorton city4.8%Virginia4.0%
4.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMNorton city1.7%Virginia5.0%
1.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMNorton city12.5%Virginia8.7%
12.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMNorton city4.1%Virginia9.2%
4.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMNorton city7.8%Virginia14.2%
7.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMNorton city19.3%Virginia12.1%
19.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMNorton city13.2%Virginia12.1%
13.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMNorton city6.5%Virginia6.4%
6.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMNorton city7.9%Virginia7.2%
7.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMNorton city6.2%Virginia3.0%
6.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMNorton city0.0%Virginia1.4%
0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMNorton city6.0%Virginia6.0%
6.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMNorton city5.8%Virginia5.7%
5.8%
Norton cityVirginiaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Norton city is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 19.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.1% across Virginia. Early starts are less common than in Virginia: 10.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Virginia: 44.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.0%) 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 Norton city, 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 Norton city 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 Norton city 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
Norton city
Virginia
United States
2009
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:48 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:48 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:51 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:52 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
8:05 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2016
8:01 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:52 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:53 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2019
8:03 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:57 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:52 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2022
8:06 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2023
8:06 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:53 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Norton city were on the road by 7:53 AM, 10 minutes later than in 2009 (7:44 AM). The shift is sharper than across Virginia, where the typical start moved 3 minutes later. Commuters in Norton city now leave 15 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 Norton city has moved 9 minutes earlier.
How does Norton city's commute time compare?
Metric
Norton city
Virginia
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
13.1 min
23.2 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
18.5%
18.3%
15.0%
Walked
1.4%
2.1%
2.4%
Public Transit
4.2%
2.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Norton city is 13.1 minutes, shorter than the 23.2 minutes in Virginia.
4.2% commute by public transit, higher than the 2.3% in Virginia. 1.4% commute by walking, lower than the 2.1% in Virginia.
Norton city, VA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Norton city, VA is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 3,577 residents against a local median of 21,488. The measure that sets Norton city, VA apart most is work from home: 18.5%, 142% above the local median of 7.6%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 13.1 min against a local median of 20.7 min, 37% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 37% below the local median it puts Norton city, VA at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves sit within 4.9% of each other on work from home, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Norton city, VA, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Norton city, VA has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Norton city, Virginia.
Is living in Norton city, Virginia good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 109 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,381 at a typical national wage. That's 44% less than the typical Virginia commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Norton city, Virginia?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Norton city, Virginia. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Which counties in Virginia have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).