Mineral County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Mineral 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 Mineral County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Mineral County spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 179 hours, about 7.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% less time on the road than the West Virginia average of 21.6 minutes each way, a difference of 0.1 minutes.

Mineral County holds about 1.5% of West Virginia's population and accounts for roughly 1.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Mineral County would save about 72 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,220 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)
Mineral County	21.5 min	43.0 min	179 hrs/yr	$5,549	772
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

Randolph County (16.4 min)
Ohio County (17.0 min)
Pocahontas County (17.2 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in West Virginia

Hampshire County (40.3 min)
Morgan County (35.8 min)
Monroe County (33.7 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Mineral County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 21.5 minutes to get to work in Mineral County. That's 4% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 70% of counties in West Virginia

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Mineral County

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Mineral County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Mineral 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	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	92.8%	2.4%	3.1%	0.7%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	91.5%	3.2%	3.9%	0.9%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2011	93.4%	2.5%	2.8%	0.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2012	93.3%	2.4%	3.5%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2013	94.8%	2.2%	2.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2014	94.3%	2.4%	2.2%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2015	96.3%	1.3%	1.4%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2016	95.0%	1.6%	1.9%	0.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2017	94.7%	1.6%	2.2%	0.5%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2018	93.4%	2.0%	3.2%	0.3%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2019	92.4%	2.6%	3.6%	0.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	90.4%	3.7%	4.7%	0.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2021	87.8%	6.2%	4.9%	0.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2022	87.8%	7.2%	3.5%	0.3%	0.9%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	87.4%	9.0%	1.8%	0.2%	1.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	87.0%	9.3%	1.6%	1.0%	0.7%	0.4%	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 2015 at 96.3%. Overall it fell from 92.8% in 2009 to 87.0% in 2024, down 5.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Mineral County: its share of workers rose from 2.4% in 2009 to 9.3% in 2024, up 6.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.1% to 1.6% of workers (down 1.5 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Mineral County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Mineral County?

The bars show when commuters in Mineral 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		6.7%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.9%
7:00-7:29 AM		19.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		7.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.7%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.1%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM		9.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Mineral County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.4% across West Virginia. Early starts are about as common as in West Virginia: 16.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.3% there. The morning rush looks much like West Virginia's: 44.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.4% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.5%) 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 Mineral 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 Mineral 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 Mineral 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	Mineral County	West Virginia	United States
2009	7:31 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:33 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:35 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:40 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:37 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:36 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:28 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:22 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:18 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:23 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:21 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:23 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:32 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:29 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:26 AM	7:28 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:24 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Mineral County were on the road by 7:24 AM, 7 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:31 AM). West Virginia followed the same path, with the typical start moving 8 minutes earlier. Commuters in Mineral County now leave 14 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 Mineral County has moved 3 minutes later.

How does Mineral County's commute time compare?

Metric	Mineral County	West Virginia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.5 min	21.6 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	9.3%	9.1%	15.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.7%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Mineral County is 21.5 minutes, shorter than the 21.6 minutes in West Virginia.

0.7% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.5% in West Virginia. 1.6% commute by walking, lower than the 2.5% in West Virginia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Mineral County, WV Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Mineral County, WV is typical in size for this group, 26,854 residents against a local median of 23,465, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Mineral County, WV sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.

The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 5% above the local median at 21.5 min against 20.5 min. Mineral County, WV has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Mineral County, WV	26,854	21.5 min #5/6	9.3% #3/6	7:24 AM #3/6
Allegany County, MD	67,200	17.8 min	9.1%	7:43 AM
Hampshire County, WV	23,465	40.3 min	9.4%	7:05 AM
Garrett County, MD	28,615	18.8 min	12.3%	7:39 AM
Grant County, WV	10,983	20.8 min	9.1%	7:24 AM
Hardy County, WV	14,243	20.5 min	9.1%	7:25 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Mineral County, West Virginia.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 179 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,549 at a typical national wage. That's 1% less than the typical West Virginia commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Mineral County, West Virginia. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How do commute times compare across 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).