Commuting in Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Westmoreland County spend about 68 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 282 hours, about 11.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 46% more time on the road than the Virginia average of 23.2 minutes each way, a difference of 10.7 minutes.
Westmoreland County holds about 0.2% of Virginia's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Westmoreland County would save about 113 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,498 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)
Westmoreland County
33.8 min
67.7 min
282 hrs/yr
$8,744
765
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
33.8
minutes to get to work in
Westmoreland County.
That's 51% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the 5 slowest counties in Virginia
The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 13.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Westmoreland County
Car:
83.9%
Worked at Home:
13.4%
Walked:
1.7%
Other:
0.4%
Bicycle:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Public Transportation:
0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Westmoreland County: 21.9 times less than the Virginia average (0.1% vs 2.3%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Westmoreland County, versus 0.2% in Virginia.
Commute Mode Trends in Westmoreland County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Westmoreland 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
Other
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
93.5%
4.3%
1.2%
0.8%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
91.5%
4.5%
1.9%
0.7%
0.0%
1.2%
0.0%
0.3%
2011
90.6%
4.3%
2.9%
0.3%
0.4%
1.2%
0.0%
0.3%
2012
86.2%
6.6%
4.2%
0.6%
0.5%
1.7%
0.0%
0.3%
2013
86.2%
7.6%
3.7%
0.2%
0.6%
1.4%
0.0%
0.3%
2014
86.6%
5.9%
4.5%
1.0%
0.5%
1.1%
0.0%
0.3%
2015
85.2%
7.3%
5.0%
1.6%
0.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
85.8%
10.1%
2.1%
1.4%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
88.2%
9.2%
1.0%
1.2%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
88.2%
8.7%
0.9%
1.3%
0.0%
0.4%
0.4%
0.0%
2019
88.3%
9.1%
0.3%
0.7%
0.8%
0.4%
0.4%
0.0%
2020
86.8%
10.5%
1.1%
0.3%
0.8%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2021
87.4%
10.1%
1.0%
0.5%
0.6%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2022
84.4%
13.2%
0.7%
0.3%
0.7%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
2023
85.3%
12.1%
0.6%
0.6%
0.8%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
83.9%
13.4%
1.7%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 93.5% in 2009 to 83.9% in 2024, down 9.6 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Westmoreland County: its share of workers rose from 4.3% in 2009 to 13.4% in 2024, up 9.1 percentage points.
Walking peaked at 5.0% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 1.7%.
Commute Start Times in Westmoreland County
🐦Early BirdThe 2nd-earliest start among Virginia's 133 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:58 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Westmoreland County?
The bars show when commuters in Westmoreland 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
12:00-4:59 AMWestmoreland County14.5%Virginia5.0%
14.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMWestmoreland County6.6%Virginia4.0%
6.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMWestmoreland County6.0%Virginia5.0%
6.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMWestmoreland County9.1%Virginia8.7%
9.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMWestmoreland County14.9%Virginia9.2%
14.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMWestmoreland County14.2%Virginia14.2%
14.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMWestmoreland County10.2%Virginia12.1%
10.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMWestmoreland County8.2%Virginia12.1%
8.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMWestmoreland County3.1%Virginia6.4%
3.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMWestmoreland County1.6%Virginia7.2%
1.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMWestmoreland County1.7%Virginia3.0%
1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMWestmoreland County1.7%Virginia1.4%
1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMWestmoreland County4.8%Virginia6.0%
4.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMWestmoreland County3.4%Virginia5.7%
3.4%
Westmoreland CountyVirginiaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Westmoreland County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 14.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.2% across Virginia. Early starts are more common than in Virginia: 27.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush looks much like Virginia's: 47.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 8 commuters (13.2%) 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 Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland 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
Westmoreland County
Virginia
United States
2009
7:13 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:13 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:17 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:05 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:09 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:08 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:08 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:05 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:09 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:13 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:10 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:10 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:09 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:04 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2023
6:57 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2024
6:58 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Westmoreland County were on the road by 6:58 AM, 15 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:13 AM). That goes against the trend across Virginia, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Westmoreland County now leave 40 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 Westmoreland County has moved 12 minutes earlier.
How does Westmoreland County's commute time compare?
Metric
Westmoreland County
Virginia
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
33.8 min
23.2 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
06:30 AM – 06:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
12:00 AM – 04:59 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
13.4%
18.3%
15.0%
Walked
1.7%
2.1%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.1%
2.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Westmoreland County is 33.8 minutes, longer than the 23.2 minutes in Virginia.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.3% in Virginia. 1.7% commute by walking, lower than the 2.1% in Virginia.
Westmoreland County, VA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Westmoreland County, VA is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 18,825 residents against a local median of 10,620. The measure that sets Westmoreland County, VA apart most is one-way commute: 33.8 min, 18% above the local median of 28.6 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 11.1 min on one-way commute, so Westmoreland County, VA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Westmoreland County, VA has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Westmoreland County, Virginia?
Commuters here spend an estimated 282 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,744 at a typical national wage. That's 46% more than the typical Virginia commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Westmoreland County, Virginia?
Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Westmoreland County, Virginia?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% 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).