Jackson County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Jackson County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Jackson County spend about 51 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 213 hours, about 8.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 18% more time on the road than the West Virginia average of 21.6 minutes each way, a difference of 3.9 minutes.

Jackson County holds about 1.6% 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 Jackson County would save about 85 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,640 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)
Jackson County	25.5 min	51.1 min	213 hrs/yr	$6,599	953
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

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On average, it takes 25.5 minutes to get to work in Jackson County. That's 14% 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 10.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Jackson County

• Car: 86.7%
• Worked at Home: 10.5%
• Walked: 2.4%
• Other: 0.4%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Jackson County, versus 0.1% in West Virginia.

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

Commute Mode Trends in Jackson County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Jackson 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.

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• Worked at Home
• Walked
• Other
• Public Transportation
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• Motorcycle
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	93.8%	2.8%	2.2%	0.6%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2010	94.7%	2.0%	2.2%	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2011	93.9%	2.1%	2.9%	0.4%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2012	95.3%	1.8%	2.1%	0.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2013	94.7%	1.7%	2.7%	0.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2014	95.0%	1.5%	3.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2015	95.2%	1.0%	2.9%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2016	94.6%	1.6%	2.4%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2017	94.6%	2.1%	1.9%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2018	94.7%	2.2%	1.7%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%
2019	93.8%	3.0%	2.1%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2020	92.2%	4.6%	2.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2021	90.6%	6.6%	2.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	89.2%	7.6%	3.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	87.0%	9.9%	2.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	86.7%	10.5%	2.4%	0.4%	0.0%	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 2012 at 95.3%. Overall it fell from 93.8% in 2009 to 86.7% in 2024, down 7.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Jackson County: its share of workers rose from 2.8% in 2009 to 10.5% in 2024, up 7.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.6% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Jackson County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Jackson County?

The bars show when commuters in Jackson 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 AM Jackson County6.6% West Virginia6.3%	6.6%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Jackson County4.8% West Virginia4.4%	4.8%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Jackson County6.1% West Virginia5.6%	6.1%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Jackson County15.0% West Virginia10.2%	15.0%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Jackson County10.8% West Virginia10.4%	10.8%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Jackson County12.8% West Virginia14.4%	12.8%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Jackson County10.3% West Virginia11.9%	10.3%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Jackson County10.4% West Virginia9.7%	10.4%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Jackson County3.1% West Virginia4.5%	3.1%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Jackson County1.8% West Virginia4.7%	1.8%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Jackson County1.4% West Virginia2.7%	1.4%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Jackson County0.8% West Virginia1.2%	0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Jackson County5.2% West Virginia7.0%	5.2%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Jackson County10.8% West Virginia7.1%	10.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Jackson County is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 15.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.2% across West Virginia. Early starts are more common than in West Virginia: 17.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.3% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in West Virginia: 44.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.4% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.0%) 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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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.

• Jackson County
• West Virginia
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Jackson County	West Virginia	United States
2009	7:30 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:26 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:23 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:24 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:26 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:20 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:20 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:17 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:19 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:12 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:16 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:19 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:20 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:16 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:22 AM	7:28 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:16 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Jackson County were on the road by 7:16 AM, 15 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:30 AM). The shift is sharper than across West Virginia, where the typical start moved 8 minutes earlier. Commuters in Jackson County now leave 22 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Jackson County's commute time compare?

Metric	Jackson County	West Virginia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	25.5 min	21.6 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	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	10.5%	9.1%	15.0%
Walked	2.4%	2.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Jackson County is 25.5 minutes, longer than the 21.6 minutes in West Virginia.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in West Virginia. 2.4% commute by walking, lower than the 2.5% in West Virginia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau