State Stats

Commuting Time

(Ranked by average time, in minutes,

 it took to drive to work, 2000)
1990 2000 Change

1

 Mathews 32.4 45.8 41.4%
2 Amelia 32.9 41.5 26.3%
3 Warren 33.8 39.1 15.5%
4 Surry 31.1 39.0 25.5%
5 Buckingham 29.3 38.8 32.5%
6 Rappahannock 34.4 38.7 12.4%
7 Culpeper 28.2 37.9 34.4%
8 Caroline 29.3 37.7 28.8%
9 Stafford 34.9 37.7 8.0%
10 Westmoreland 25.2 37.1 47.2%
11 King and Queen 30.9 37.1 19.9%
12 Spotsylvania 31.9 37.1 16.3%
13 Cumberland 30.3 36.9 21.9%
14 Prince William 35.9 36.9 2.8%
15 Fauquier 32.2 36.8 14.4%
16 Louisa 30.2 36.0 19.3%
17 Dickenson 27.2 35.8 31.4%
18 Manassas Park 31.1 35.6 14.5%
19 Middlesex 26.2 35.1 34.0%
20 King William 30.4 34.9 14.7%
21 Powhatan 32.7 34.8 6.4%
22 Craig 33.9 34.7 2.2%
23 Charles City 32.7 34.6 5.9%
24 New Kent 28.6 34.0 18.8%
25 Gloucester 30.8 33.9 10.0%
26 Floyd 28.4 33.6 18.3%
27 Essex 25.5 33.5 31.5%
28 Buchanan 25.0 33.4 33.4%
29 Bland 25.1 33.4 33.2%
30 Orange 26.2 33.1 26.6%
31 Nelson 27.4 33.1 20.8%
32 Page 24.3 32.5 33.8%
33 Fluvanna 29.3 32.5 10.8%
34 Clarke 29.2 32.4 11.1%
35 Manassas 30.7 32.4 5.7%
36 Goochland 28.9 32.1 11.2%
37 Highland 22.0 32.0 45.4%
38 Charlotte  24.4 31.3 28.1%
39 Russell 26.7 31.2 16.9%
40 King George 24.8 31.0 24.8%
41 Brunswick 24.2 30.8 27.5%
42 Dinwiddie 26.9 30.8 14.7%
43 Loudoun 30.5 30.8 0.9%
44 Fairfax 29.4 30.7 4.4%
45 Scott 26.3 30.6 16.3%
46 Madison 22.7 30.3 33.7%
47 Fairfax 25.5 30.1 18.2%
48 Lunenburg 21.7 30.0 38.2%
49 Isle of Wight 25.0 29.9 19.5%
50 Alexandria 25.1 29.7 18.3%
51 Lee  23.4 29.5 26.2%
52 Nottoway 23.3 29.1 24.7%
53 Franklin 23.6 29.1 23.5%
54 Grayson  21.9 29.0 32.6%
55 Appomattox 22.0 29.0 32.1%
56 Richmond 22.0 28.6 30.1%
57 Greene 26.1 28.6 9.6%
58 Northumberland 20.0 28.4 42.2%
59 Giles  22.7 28.2 24.1%
60 Patrick 22.5 27.9 23.9%
61 Sussex 27.0 27.9 3.3%
62 Bedford 23.7 27.8 17.2%
63 Arlington County 23.6 27.3 15.7%
64 Frederick 23.6 27.3 15.7%
65 Suffolk 23.8 27.3 14.7%
66 Shenandoah 22.4 27.1 21.1%
  Virginia 23.7 27.0 13.9%
67 Botetourt 23.8 26.7 12.1%
68 Southampton 21.3 26.6 25.1%
69 Tazewell 22.2 26.6 19.8%
70 Carroll 22.2 26.5 19.1%
71 Falls Church 25.4 26.4 3.7%
72 Chesterfield 23.0 26.1 13.3%
73 Pittsylvania 21.6 25.7 19.0%
74 Mecklenburg 18.3 25.5 39.5%
75 Hanover 22.5 25.4 12.7%
76 Prince Edward 18.8 25.1 33.5%
77 Halifax  20.4 25.1 23.3%
78 Rockbridge 21.5 25.1 16.6%
79 Chesapeake 22.8 25.1 10.0%
80 Alleghany 19.5 24.6 26.5%
81 James City 21.0 24.6 17.3%
82 Fredericksburg 21.8 24.6 12.7%
83 Bath  18.5 24.4 32.2%
84 Washington  20.0 24.2 21.1%
85 Wythe 20.5 24.2 18.2%
86 Poquoson 20.4 24.0 17.5%
87 Virginia Beach 22.2 23.9 7.6%
88 Portsmouth 20.9 23.8 13.8%
89 Clifton Forge 17.1 23.7 38.9%
90 York 20.2 23.7 17.5%
91 Augusta 20.8 23.7 13.9%
92 Lancaster 19.7 23.6 19.8%
93 Wise 20.3 23.6 16.2%
94 Amherst 20.8 23.6 13.7%
95 Campbell 19.4 23.5 21.0%
96 Petersburg 19.9 23.3 17.2%
97 Accomack 17.0 23.0 35.3%
98 Newport News 19.4 23.0 18.6%
99 Rockingham 20.0 22.8 13.9%
100 Smyth  18.6 22.5 21.0%
101 Henry 18.8 22.5 19.8%
102 Greensville 18.9 22.4 18.8%
103 Hopewell 19.2 22.4 16.5%
104 Albemarle 19.1 22.3 16.7%
105 Richmond 19.7 22.1 11.9%
106 Prince George 19.2 22.0 14.6%
107 Hampton 18.7 21.8 16.3%
108 Northampton 17.1 21.7 27.1%
109 Norfolk 20.0 21.7 8.6%
110 Henrico 20.1 21.6 7.5%
111 Pulaski 18.2 21.3 17.2%
112 Franklin 16.9 20.9 23.3%
113 Roanoke 18.6 20.7 11.6%
114 Colonial Heights 20.9 20.7 -1.0%
115 Winchester 17.6 20.1 13.9%
116 Bedford 16.9 20.0 18.1%
117 Staunton 17.0 19.9 17.1%
18 Emporia 13.7 19.6 43.1%
119 Buena Vista 15.3 19.6 27.8%
120 Covington 13.3 19.3 44.8%
121 Waynesboro 15.8 19.3 22.5%
122 Roanoke 16.7 19.3 15.8%
123 Montgomery 16.8 19.2 14.4%
124 Norton 12.0 18.8 56.3%
125 Danville 15.7 18.7 19.2%
126 Martinsville 13.5 18.1 34.2%
127 Williamsburg 11.8 18.0 52.0%
128 Bristol 15.3 18.0 18.0%
129 Salem 16.0 17.0