Woodbridge Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Woodbridge, 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 Woodbridge: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Woodbridge spend about 66 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 275 hours, about 11.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 42% more time on the road than the Virginia average of 23.2 minutes each way, a difference of 9.8 minutes.

Woodbridge holds about 0.5% of Virginia's population but accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Woodbridge would save about 110 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,408 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)
Woodbridge	33.0 min	66.0 min	275 hrs/yr	$8,519	3,524
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.

Woodbridge Commute Map

On average, it takes 33.0 minutes to get to work in Woodbridge. That's 47% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 12.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Woodbridge

Taking a taxi is unusually common in Woodbridge: 3.2 times more than the Virginia average (0.7% vs 0.2%).

Biking is unusually rare in Woodbridge: 3.7 times less than the Virginia average (0.1% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Woodbridge, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Woodbridge 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	Public Transportation	Walked	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	87.7%	2.7%	2.1%	6.0%	0.9%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2010	89.5%	2.5%	1.7%	5.0%	0.9%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%
2011	87.8%	2.9%	0.8%	5.4%	2.5%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%
2012	87.6%	2.9%	0.8%	5.7%	2.5%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%
2013	86.6%	2.9%	0.8%	5.9%	3.2%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%
2014	87.2%	2.7%	0.7%	6.2%	2.9%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2015	85.7%	2.6%	0.9%	7.6%	3.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2016	87.8%	2.5%	1.1%	6.7%	1.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%
2017	86.8%	3.1%	1.3%	6.8%	1.4%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%
2018	87.6%	3.1%	1.9%	5.6%	0.8%	0.6%	0.3%	0.1%
2019	85.7%	3.1%	2.9%	5.7%	1.4%	0.9%	0.1%	0.2%
2020	85.4%	5.4%	2.2%	4.2%	1.8%	0.8%	0.1%	0.1%
2021	82.4%	8.0%	2.6%	3.7%	2.3%	0.9%	0.0%	0.1%
2022	79.7%	11.0%	2.4%	2.8%	2.1%	1.5%	0.0%	0.4%
2023	79.9%	12.4%	2.9%	2.1%	1.9%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%
2024	80.3%	12.4%	3.0%	1.9%	1.6%	0.7%	0.1%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2010 at 89.5% and lowest in 2022 at 79.7%. Overall it fell from 87.7% in 2009 to 80.3% in 2024, down 7.4 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Woodbridge: its share of workers rose from 2.7% in 2009 to 12.4% in 2024, up 9.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 6.0% to 1.9% of workers (down 4.1 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 3.2% in 2013 and has since fallen back to 1.6%.

Commute Start Times in Woodbridge

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Woodbridge?

The bars show when commuters in Woodbridge 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		6.4%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		14.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		6.7%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		8.0%
8:00-8:29 AM		7.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.7%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		4.9%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Woodbridge is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 14.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.7% across Virginia. Early starts are more common than in Virginia: 18.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Virginia: 35.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.6%) 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 Woodbridge, 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 Woodbridge 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 Woodbridge 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	Woodbridge	Virginia	United States
2009	6:53 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	6:57 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2011	6:56 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:00 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	6:59 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:03 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:07 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:08 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:15 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:17 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:15 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:19 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:26 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:27 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:25 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:23 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Woodbridge were on the road by 7:23 AM, 30 minutes later than in 2009 (6:53 AM). The shift is sharper than across Virginia, where the typical start moved 3 minutes later. Commuters in Woodbridge now leave 15 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 Woodbridge has moved 8 minutes later.

How does Woodbridge's commute time compare?

Metric	Woodbridge	Virginia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	33.0 min	23.2 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	12.4%	18.3%	15.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.9%	2.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Woodbridge is 33.0 minutes, longer than the 23.2 minutes in Virginia.

1.9% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.3% in Virginia. 1.6% commute by walking, lower than the 2.1% in Virginia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Woodbridge, VA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Woodbridge, VA compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Woodbridge, VA	41,536	33.0 min #1/2	12.4% #2/2	7:23 AM #1/2
Lake Ridge, VA	40,143	33.9 min	20.5%	7:38 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Woodbridge, Virginia.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Woodbridge, Virginia?

Commuters here spend an estimated 275 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,519 at a typical national wage. That's 42% more than the typical Virginia commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Woodbridge, Virginia?

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