Williamsburg city Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg city: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Williamsburg city spend about 33 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 137 hours, about 5.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 29% less time on the road than the Virginia average of 23.2 minutes each way, a difference of 6.8 minutes.

Williamsburg city holds about 0.2% of Virginia's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Williamsburg city would save about 55 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,695 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)
Williamsburg city	16.4 min	32.8 min	137 hrs/yr	$4,239	1,477
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.

Commute Time Map: Virginia Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Virginia

Lexington city (10.6 min)
Covington city (12.2 min)
Norton city (13.1 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Virginia

Amelia County (43.7 min)
Craig County (41.3 min)
Buckingham County (41.3 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Williamsburg city

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 16.4 minutes to get to work in Williamsburg city. That's 27% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 90% of counties in Virginia

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 18.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Williamsburg city

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Williamsburg city, versus 0.1% in Virginia.

Walking is unusually common in Williamsburg city: 5.7 times more than the Virginia average (11.8% vs 2.1%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Williamsburg city, versus 0.2% in Virginia.

Biking is unusually common in Williamsburg city: 5.8 times more than the Virginia average (1.7% vs 0.3%).

Williamsburg city stands out for active commuting: 13.4% of workers walk or bike to work, 5.7 times the Virginia average of 2.3%.

Commute Mode Trends in Williamsburg city, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Williamsburg 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	Walked	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	67.6%	4.9%	24.3%	1.2%	1.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%
2010	71.0%	4.5%	20.1%	2.4%	1.5%	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%
2011	70.3%	5.4%	19.3%	2.1%	2.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	70.6%	6.3%	17.7%	2.6%	2.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	73.2%	4.7%	15.0%	4.5%	2.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	72.2%	5.9%	15.1%	4.5%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	73.0%	5.8%	15.2%	3.7%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	70.8%	7.7%	14.6%	4.3%	2.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	69.0%	6.6%	14.9%	6.2%	2.9%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	70.9%	8.3%	13.5%	3.6%	2.7%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%
2019	69.8%	8.6%	14.9%	3.5%	2.2%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%
2020	69.5%	9.0%	13.5%	3.2%	2.3%	2.4%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	68.9%	11.9%	13.3%	2.0%	1.8%	1.6%	0.3%	0.0%
2022	67.9%	15.1%	12.5%	1.2%	2.0%	1.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	63.7%	19.3%	13.5%	1.1%	1.5%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	64.9%	18.1%	11.8%	1.8%	1.7%	1.7%	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 2013 at 73.2% and lowest in 2023 at 63.7%. Overall it fell from 67.6% in 2009 to 64.9% in 2024, down 2.7 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Williamsburg city: its share of workers rose from 4.9% in 2009 to 18.1% in 2024, up 13.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 24.3% to 11.8% of workers (down 12.5 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Public transit peaked at 6.2% in 2017 and has since fallen back to 1.8%.

Commute Start Times in Williamsburg city

Earlier AlarmsThe 3rd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among Virginia's 133 counties: the typical start is 30 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Williamsburg city?

The bars show when commuters in Williamsburg 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		4.6%
5:00-5:29 AM		1.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		5.4%
7:00-7:29 AM		10.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		14.0%
8:00-8:29 AM		15.2%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.8%
9:00-9:59 AM		9.0%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM		11.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Williamsburg city is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 15.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.1% across Virginia. Early starts are less common than in Virginia: 11.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Virginia: 45.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (29.9%) 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 Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg 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	Williamsburg city	Virginia	United States
2009	8:34 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:21 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:22 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	8:16 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:14 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:21 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:23 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:21 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:22 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2018	8:26 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2019	8:28 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:21 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:21 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:17 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:16 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:04 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Williamsburg city were on the road by 8:04 AM, 30 minutes earlier than in 2009 (8:34 AM). That goes against the trend across Virginia, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Williamsburg city now leave 26 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 Williamsburg city has moved 24 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Williamsburg city in the whole series.

How does Williamsburg city's commute time compare?

Metric	Williamsburg city	Virginia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	16.4 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	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	18.1%	18.3%	15.0%
Walked	11.8%	2.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.8%	2.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Williamsburg city is 16.4 minutes, shorter than the 23.2 minutes in Virginia.

1.8% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.3% in Virginia. 11.8% commute by walking, higher than the 2.1% in Virginia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Williamsburg city, VA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Williamsburg city, VA is the 4th largest of the 5 counties compared here, 15,698 residents against a local median of 55,265. Where Williamsburg city, VA breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 44% above the local median of 12.6% at 18.1%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 16.4 min against a local median of 26.8 min, 39% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 39% below the local median it puts Williamsburg city, VA at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 10.7% on work from home, so Williamsburg city, VA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Williamsburg city, VA has the highest work from home of the 5 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Williamsburg city, VA	15,698	16.4 min #1/5	18.1% #1/5	8:04 AM #5/5
James City County, VA	81,013	21.3 min	17.4%	7:51 AM
Gloucester County, VA	39,526	32.2 min	10.9%	7:25 AM
Surry County, VA	6,549	40.5 min	6.7%	7:05 AM
York County, VA	71,005	20.4 min	14.4%	7:29 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Williamsburg city, Virginia.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Williamsburg city, Virginia?

Commuters here spend an estimated 137 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,239 at a typical national wage. That's 29% less than the typical Virginia commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Williamsburg city, Virginia?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Williamsburg city, Virginia. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

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).