Commuting in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Calhoun County spend about 63 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 265 hours, about 11.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 47% more time on the road than the West Virginia average of 21.6 minutes each way, a difference of 10.1 minutes.
Calhoun County holds about 0.3% of West Virginia's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Calhoun County would save about 106 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,281 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)
Calhoun County
31.7 min
63.5 min
265 hrs/yr
$8,201
231
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.
On average, it takes
31.7
minutes to get to work in
Calhoun County.
That's 42% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 89% of counties in West Virginia
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 walking. About 2.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Calhoun County
Car:
93.5%
Walked:
2.7%
Worked at Home:
2.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
1.2%unusually high
Other:
0.4%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Calhoun County, versus 0.0% in West Virginia.
Public transit is essentially absent in Calhoun County, versus 0.5% in West Virginia.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Calhoun County, versus 0.1% in West Virginia.
Working from home is unusually rare in Calhoun County: 4.4 times less than the West Virginia average (2.1% vs 9.1%).
Biking is unusually common in Calhoun County: 8.2 times more than the West Virginia average (1.2% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Calhoun County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Calhoun 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
Walked
Worked at Home
Bicycle
Other
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
94.2%
2.6%
2.8%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
94.4%
1.7%
3.6%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
95.2%
1.4%
3.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
95.9%
0.7%
3.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
96.5%
0.6%
2.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
96.0%
1.9%
1.5%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
95.9%
2.0%
1.0%
0.0%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
95.5%
3.1%
0.4%
0.0%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
95.3%
2.2%
1.0%
0.0%
1.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
94.3%
2.0%
1.1%
0.1%
1.6%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
95.2%
1.6%
1.0%
0.1%
1.3%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
96.6%
1.1%
1.0%
0.1%
0.0%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
96.8%
0.1%
1.2%
0.1%
0.0%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
98.8%
0.2%
0.9%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
96.3%
2.1%
1.1%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
93.5%
2.7%
2.1%
1.2%
0.4%
0.0%
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 2022 at 98.8%. Overall it fell from 94.2% in 2009 to 93.5% in 2024, down 0.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.
Biking gained the most ground in Calhoun County: its share of workers rose from 0.0% in 2009 to 1.2% in 2024, up 1.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 2.8% to 2.1% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).
Walking overtook working from home to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.
Public transit peaked at 1.9% in 2021 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.
Commute Start Times in Calhoun County
🚦Rush-Hour RegularsThe highest share of rush-hour departures among West Virginia's 55 counties: 59.8% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Calhoun County?
The bars show when commuters in Calhoun 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
12:00-4:59 AMCalhoun County5.1%West Virginia6.3%
5.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCalhoun County4.0%West Virginia4.4%
4.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCalhoun County12.8%West Virginia5.6%
12.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCalhoun County8.3%West Virginia10.2%
8.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCalhoun County22.7%West Virginia10.4%
22.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCalhoun County22.3%West Virginia14.4%
22.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCalhoun County10.8%West Virginia11.9%
10.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCalhoun County4.0%West Virginia9.7%
4.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCalhoun County3.4%West Virginia4.5%
3.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCalhoun County1.1%West Virginia4.7%
1.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCalhoun County1.9%West Virginia2.7%
1.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCalhoun County0.0%West Virginia1.2%
0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCalhoun County1.8%West Virginia7.0%
1.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCalhoun County1.8%West Virginia7.1%
1.8%
Calhoun CountyWest VirginiaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Calhoun County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 22.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.4% across West Virginia. Early starts are more common than in West Virginia: 21.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.3% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in West Virginia: 59.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.4% there. About 1 in 15 commuters (6.6%) 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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun 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
Calhoun County
West Virginia
United States
2009
6:57 AM
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
2010
6:53 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2011
6:57 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:00 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:03 AM
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:05 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:06 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:03 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:06 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:09 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:12 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:00 AM
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
2021
6:51 AM
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
2022
6:43 AM
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
2023
6:53 AM
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
2024
6:56 AM
7:27 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Calhoun County were on the road by 6:56 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across West Virginia, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 8 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County has moved 15 minutes earlier.
How does Calhoun County's commute time compare?
Metric
Calhoun County
West Virginia
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
31.7 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
2.1%
9.1%
15.0%
Walked
2.7%
2.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.5%
3.2%
The average commute time in Calhoun County is 31.7 minutes, longer than the 21.6 minutes in West Virginia.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in West Virginia. 2.7% commute by walking, higher than the 2.5% in West Virginia.
Calhoun County, WV Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Calhoun County, WV is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 6,048 residents against a local median of 7,835. The measure that sets Calhoun County, WV apart most is work from home: 2.1%, 72% below the local median of 7.4%.
The counties themselves spread 8.6% on work from home, so Calhoun County, WV sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Calhoun County, WV has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Calhoun County, West Virginia.
Is living in Calhoun County, West Virginia good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 265 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,201 at a typical national wage. That's 47% more than the typical West Virginia commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Calhoun County, West Virginia?
Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Calhoun 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.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Calhoun 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.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in West Virginia?
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).