Huntington Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Huntington, 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 Huntington: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Huntington spend about 32 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 133 hours, about 5.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 26% less time on the road than the West Virginia average of 21.6 minutes each way, a difference of 5.6 minutes.

Huntington holds about 2.4% of West Virginia's population but accounts for roughly 1.8% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Huntington would save about 53 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,649 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)
Huntington	16.0 min	31.9 min	133 hrs/yr	$4,122	2,739
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.

Huntington Commute Map

On average, it takes 16.0 minutes to get to work in Huntington. That's 29% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Huntington

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Huntington: 3.2 times more than the West Virginia average (0.1% vs 0.0%).

Taking a taxi is unusually common in Huntington: 8.0 times more than the West Virginia average (0.7% vs 0.1%).

Biking is unusually common in Huntington: 10.1 times more than the West Virginia average (1.5% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Huntington, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Huntington 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	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	85.1%	3.5%	6.6%	0.7%	2.3%	1.2%	0.4%	0.2%
2010	84.9%	2.8%	7.1%	0.9%	2.4%	1.3%	0.3%	0.2%
2011	84.9%	2.9%	7.1%	1.1%	2.3%	1.4%	0.4%	0.0%
2012	86.1%	2.1%	7.2%	1.0%	2.1%	1.1%	0.4%	0.0%
2013	86.5%	2.5%	7.0%	1.1%	1.8%	0.5%	0.5%	0.1%
2014	86.0%	1.8%	8.1%	1.8%	1.5%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%
2015	84.5%	2.5%	7.9%	2.1%	2.0%	0.6%	0.3%	0.2%
2016	82.7%	3.4%	8.5%	1.8%	2.5%	0.7%	0.3%	0.2%
2017	82.9%	3.5%	7.6%	1.9%	2.7%	1.0%	0.2%	0.2%
2018	82.7%	3.2%	7.9%	1.7%	3.3%	1.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2019	83.3%	3.4%	7.5%	1.4%	3.3%	0.8%	0.2%	0.1%
2020	82.7%	6.3%	6.0%	0.7%	3.1%	1.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	83.4%	6.3%	5.3%	0.6%	3.2%	1.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2022	83.6%	7.3%	4.8%	0.9%	2.5%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	82.7%	8.1%	4.9%	0.9%	1.7%	1.0%	0.6%	0.1%
2024	80.1%	9.2%	5.2%	1.6%	1.5%	1.5%	0.7%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2013 at 86.5%. Overall it fell from 85.1% in 2009 to 80.1% in 2024, down 5.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Huntington: its share of workers rose from 3.5% in 2009 to 9.2% in 2024, up 5.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 6.6% to 5.2% of workers (down 1.4 percentage points).

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

Public transit peaked at 3.3% in 2018 and has since fallen back to 1.5%.

Commute Start Times in Huntington

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Huntington?

The bars show when commuters in Huntington 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		3.4%
5:00-5:29 AM		1.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		5.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.3%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.9%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.3%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.1%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		8.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.8%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		9.2%
4:00-11:59 PM		9.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Huntington is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 13.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.9% across West Virginia. Early starts are less common than in West Virginia: 9.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.3% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in West Virginia: 43.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.4% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (34.3%) 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 Huntington, 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 Huntington 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 Huntington 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	Huntington	West Virginia	United States
2009	8:19 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:14 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:06 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2012	8:06 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:07 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:07 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:05 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:05 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:02 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2018	8:02 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2019	8:04 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:01 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:02 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:04 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:07 AM	7:28 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:03 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Huntington were on the road by 8:03 AM, 16 minutes earlier than in 2009 (8:19 AM). The shift is sharper than across West Virginia, where the typical start moved 8 minutes earlier. Commuters in Huntington now leave 25 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Huntington's commute time compare?

Metric	Huntington	West Virginia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	16.0 min	21.6 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 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	9.2%	9.1%	15.0%
Walked	5.2%	2.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.5%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Huntington is 16.0 minutes, shorter than the 21.6 minutes in West Virginia.

1.5% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.5% in West Virginia. 5.2% commute by walking, higher than the 2.5% in West Virginia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Huntington, West Virginia.

Is living in Huntington, West Virginia good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 133 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,122 at a typical national wage. That's 26% less than the typical West Virginia commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Huntington, West Virginia?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Huntington, 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.