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Commuting in Braxton County, West 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 Braxton County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Braxton County spend about 56 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 234 hours, about 9.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 30% more time on the road than the West Virginia average of 21.6 minutes each way, a difference of 6.4 minutes.

Braxton County holds about 0.7% of West Virginia's population but accounts for roughly 0.9% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Braxton County would save about 93 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,898 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)
Braxton County 28.0 min 56.1 min 234 hrs/yr $7,246 258
West Virginia 21.6 min 43.2 min 180 hrs/yr $5,581 1,052
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: West Virginia Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in West Virginia
  1. Randolph County (16.4 min)
  2. Ohio County (17.0 min)
  3. Pocahontas County (17.2 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in West Virginia
  1. Hampshire County (40.3 min)
  2. Morgan County (35.8 min)
  3. Monroe County (33.7 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Braxton County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 28.0 minutes to get to work in Braxton County. That's 25% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Braxton County

  • Car: 83.0%
  • Worked at Home: 9.5%
  • Other: 4.7%
  • Walked: 2.8%
  • Taxi: < 0.1%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Braxton County, versus 0.0% in West Virginia.

Public transit is essentially absent in Braxton County, versus 0.5% in West Virginia.

Biking is essentially absent in Braxton County, versus 0.2% in West Virginia.

Commute Mode Trends in Braxton County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Braxton 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 Other Walked Taxi Public Transportation Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 94.3% 3.1% 0.5% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2010 93.7% 3.1% 0.6% 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2011 93.1% 3.5% 0.6% 2.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2012 94.0% 2.9% 0.3% 2.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 92.1% 3.7% 0.9% 3.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 93.3% 3.2% 0.9% 2.6% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 89.9% 4.8% 3.3% 2.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 89.1% 4.5% 4.5% 1.8% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 88.1% 4.8% 5.5% 1.6% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 88.1% 4.4% 6.3% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 84.8% 6.0% 7.9% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 89.2% 2.4% 7.2% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 87.5% 3.4% 6.9% 2.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 87.7% 3.8% 5.9% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 85.7% 6.3% 5.4% 2.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 83.0% 9.5% 4.7% 2.8% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 94.3% in 2009 to 83.0% in 2024, down 11.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Braxton County: its share of workers rose from 3.1% in 2009 to 9.5% in 2024, up 6.4 percentage points.

Commute Start Times in Braxton County

  • Early BirdThe 3rd-earliest start among West Virginia's 55 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:56 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Braxton County?

The bars show when commuters in Braxton 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 West Virginia for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM
11.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
4.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
6.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
12.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
17.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
14.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
11.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
5.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
2.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
4.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
2.1%

Braxton County West Virginia Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Braxton County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 17.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.4% across West Virginia. Early starts are more common than in West Virginia: 22.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.3% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in West Virginia: 48.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.4% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.7%) 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 Braxton 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 Braxton 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 Braxton County next to West 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 Braxton County West Virginia United States
2009 7:17 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:15 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:14 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:15 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:17 AM 7:33 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:11 AM 7:32 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:09 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:11 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:13 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:09 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:15 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:17 AM 7:29 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:17 AM 7:28 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:14 AM 7:29 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:11 AM 7:28 AM 7:38 AM
2024 6:56 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Braxton County were on the road by 6:56 AM, 21 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:17 AM). The shift is sharper than across West Virginia, where the typical start moved 8 minutes earlier. Commuters in Braxton County now leave 42 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 Braxton County has moved 18 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Braxton County in the whole series.

How does Braxton County's commute time compare?

Metric Braxton County West Virginia US Average
Avg. Commute Time 28.0 min 21.6 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 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 9.5% 9.1% 15.0%
Walked 2.8% 2.5% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.5% 3.2%

The average commute time in Braxton County is 28.0 minutes, longer than the 21.6 minutes in West Virginia.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in West Virginia. 2.8% commute by walking, higher than the 2.5% in West Virginia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Braxton County, WV Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Braxton County, WV is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 12,208 residents against a local median of 8,144. Braxton County, WV's work from home, at 9.5%, runs 195% above the 3.2% typical of the counties around it.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 28.0 min against a local median of 23.3 min, 20% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 20% above the local median it puts Braxton County, WV at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves sit within 3.5% of each other on work from home, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Braxton County, WV, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Braxton County, WV has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Braxton County, WV 12,208 28.0 min #5/6 9.5% #1/6 6:56 AM #1/6
Gilmer County, WV 7,288 23.3 min 3.2% 7:19 AM
Webster County, WV 8,144 25.5 min 3.0% 7:12 AM
Lewis County, WV 16,740 23.1 min 5.5% 7:09 AM
Nicholas County, WV 24,277 21.6 min 4.8% 7:29 AM
Calhoun County, WV 6,048 31.7 min 2.1% 6:56 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Braxton County, West Virginia.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Braxton County, West Virginia?

Commuters here spend an estimated 234 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,246 at a typical national wage. That's 30% more than the typical West Virginia commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Braxton County, West Virginia?

Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Braxton County, West 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.

How common is public transit use in Braxton County, West Virginia?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.5% in West Virginia, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Which counties in West Virginia have the fastest and slowest commutes?

Among counties in West Virginia, the shortest average commutes are in Randolph County (16.4 min), Ohio County (17.0 min), Pocahontas County (17.2 min). The longest are in Hampshire County (40.3 min), Morgan County (35.8 min), Monroe County (33.7 min).