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Commuting in Waynesboro, 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 Waynesboro: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Waynesboro spend about 38 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 158 hours, about 6.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 18% less time on the road than the Virginia average of 23.2 minutes each way, a difference of 4.2 minutes.

Waynesboro 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 Waynesboro would save about 63 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,957 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)
Waynesboro 18.9 min 37.9 min 158 hrs/yr $4,893 1,703
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.

Waynesboro Commute Map

On average, it takes 18.9 minutes to get to work in Waynesboro. That's 15% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Waynesboro

  • Car: 85.0%
  • Worked at Home: 10.3%
  • Walked: 2.6%
  • Other: 1.3%
  • Bicycle: 0.5%
  • Taxi: 0.2%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Waynesboro: 581542.1 times less than the Virginia average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Waynesboro: 1414803.7 times less than the Virginia average (0.0% vs 2.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Waynesboro, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Waynesboro 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 Other Bicycle Taxi Public Transportation Motorcycle
2009 93.5% 3.1% 0.6% 1.7% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 93.9% 2.9% 1.0% 2.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 93.5% 1.9% 1.4% 2.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2012 93.8% 1.4% 1.7% 2.7% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2013 90.9% 2.1% 2.0% 4.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2014 92.8% 2.0% 2.1% 2.8% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2015 93.7% 1.9% 1.5% 2.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0%
2016 93.7% 2.3% 1.4% 2.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0%
2017 93.6% 2.3% 1.4% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0%
2018 94.3% 1.9% 2.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0%
2019 91.4% 3.8% 2.5% 1.1% 0.1% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0%
2020 91.0% 5.0% 3.0% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0%
2021 90.2% 6.3% 2.2% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0%
2022 89.9% 7.4% 1.5% 0.9% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2023 86.7% 8.9% 2.7% 1.3% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 85.0% 10.3% 2.6% 1.3% 0.5% 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 2018 at 94.3%. Overall it fell from 93.5% in 2009 to 85.0% in 2024, down 8.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Waynesboro: its share of workers rose from 3.1% in 2009 to 10.3% in 2024, up 7.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Biking lost the most ground, falling from 1.2% to 0.5% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Walking overtook biking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2010 release and has stayed ahead since.

Public transit peaked at 1.0% in 2018 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.

Commute Start Times in Waynesboro

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Waynesboro?

The bars show when commuters in Waynesboro 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
6.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
3.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
5.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
12.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
14.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
8.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
11.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
5.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
8.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
7.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
8.2%

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

The busiest time to head out in Waynesboro is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.2% across Virginia. Early starts are more common than in Virginia: 15.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush looks much like Virginia's: 46.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.4%) 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 Waynesboro, 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 Waynesboro 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 Waynesboro 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 Waynesboro Virginia United States
2009 7:45 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:45 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:49 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:52 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:59 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:55 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:54 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:47 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:49 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:45 AM 7:38 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:44 AM 7:38 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:54 AM 7:38 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:49 AM 7:38 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:51 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:39 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:40 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Waynesboro were on the road by 7:40 AM, 5 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:45 AM). That goes against the trend across Virginia, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Waynesboro now leave 2 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 Waynesboro has moved 3 minutes earlier.

How does Waynesboro's commute time compare?

Metric Waynesboro Virginia US Average
Avg. Commute Time 18.9 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 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 10.3% 18.3% 15.0%
Walked 2.6% 2.1% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 2.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in Waynesboro is 18.9 minutes, shorter than the 23.2 minutes in Virginia.

0.0% 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

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Waynesboro, Virginia.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Waynesboro, Virginia?

Commuters here spend an estimated 158 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,893 at a typical national wage. That's 18% less than the typical Virginia commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Waynesboro, Virginia?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Waynesboro, Virginia. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in Waynesboro, 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.