Wyoming County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Wyoming County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Wyoming County spend about 53 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 219 hours, about 9.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 22% more time on the road than the West Virginia average of 21.6 minutes each way, a difference of 4.7 minutes.

Wyoming County holds about 1.2% of West Virginia's population but accounts for roughly 1.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Wyoming County would save about 88 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,721 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)
Wyoming County	26.3 min	52.7 min	219 hrs/yr	$6,802	557
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 26.3 minutes to get to work in Wyoming County. That's 17% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 2.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Wyoming County

• Car: 93.2%
• Worked at Home: 2.4% unusually low
• Walked: 2.3%
• Other: 1.1%
• Public Transportation: 1.0%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

Working from home is unusually rare in Wyoming County: 3.8 times less than the West Virginia average (2.4% vs 9.1%).

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

Commute Mode Trends in Wyoming County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Wyoming 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
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	92.1%	1.3%	2.5%	3.7%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	93.8%	0.8%	1.9%	3.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2011	95.1%	1.1%	1.2%	2.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2012	95.0%	1.7%	1.1%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2013	94.6%	2.1%	0.9%	1.7%	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%
2014	94.4%	2.3%	0.9%	1.9%	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%	0.1%
2015	92.8%	2.7%	1.6%	2.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	92.4%	2.8%	1.6%	2.8%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2017	92.0%	2.7%	2.0%	3.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	93.4%	2.0%	2.5%	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	92.7%	2.8%	2.5%	1.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	95.3%	2.1%	1.8%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	93.9%	2.0%	1.9%	1.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	94.2%	1.9%	1.7%	1.5%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	93.2%	3.6%	1.4%	1.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	93.2%	2.4%	2.3%	1.1%	1.0%	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 was highest in 2020 at 95.3% and lowest in 2017 at 92.0%. Overall it rose from 92.1% in 2009 to 93.2% in 2024, up 1.1 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Wyoming County: its share of workers rose from 1.3% in 2009 to 2.4% in 2024, up 1.1 percentage points.

Working from home peaked at 3.6% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 2.4%.

Commute Start Times in Wyoming County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Wyoming County?

The bars show when commuters in Wyoming 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 Wyoming County9.6% West Virginia6.3%	9.6%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Wyoming County2.5% West Virginia4.4%	2.5%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Wyoming County4.5% West Virginia5.6%	4.5%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Wyoming County11.2% West Virginia10.2%	11.2%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Wyoming County8.2% West Virginia10.4%	8.2%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Wyoming County8.2% West Virginia14.4%	8.2%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Wyoming County9.7% West Virginia11.9%	9.7%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Wyoming County21.6% West Virginia9.7%	21.6%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Wyoming County4.0% West Virginia4.5%	4.0%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Wyoming County4.6% West Virginia4.7%	4.6%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Wyoming County3.5% West Virginia2.7%	3.5%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Wyoming County0.5% West Virginia1.2%	0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Wyoming County7.0% West Virginia7.0%	7.0%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Wyoming County4.8% West Virginia7.1%	4.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Wyoming County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 21.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.7% across West Virginia. Early starts are about as common as in West Virginia: 16.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.3% there. The morning rush looks much like West Virginia's: 47.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.4% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.4%) 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 Wyoming 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 Wyoming 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 Wyoming 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.

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• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Wyoming County	West Virginia	United States
2009	7:42 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:39 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:30 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:27 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:28 AM	7:33 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:32 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:35 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:44 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:38 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:48 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:38 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:45 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:50 AM	7:28 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:55 AM	7:29 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:51 AM	7:28 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:48 AM	7:27 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Wyoming County were on the road by 7:48 AM, 6 minutes later than in 2009 (7:42 AM). That goes against the trend across West Virginia, where the typical commuter now leaves 8 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Wyoming County now leave 10 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Wyoming County has moved 10 minutes later.

How does Wyoming County's commute time compare?

Metric	Wyoming County	West Virginia	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	26.3 min	21.6 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	2.4%	9.1%	15.0%
Walked	2.3%	2.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.0%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Wyoming County is 26.3 minutes, longer than the 21.6 minutes in West Virginia.

1.0% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.5% in West Virginia. 2.3% commute by walking, lower than the 2.5% in West Virginia.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau