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Counties With the Shortest Commute in Virginia (2026)

Lexington has the lowest commute time of any county in Virginia, at 12.7 min, followed by Lynchburg and Charlottesville. Source: Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Shortest counties for commute time in Virginia

Top 25 of 133 counties with data.

Ranked by avg commute time (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), lowest first.

Shortest counties for commute time in Virginia
RankCountyValue
1Lexington12.7 min
2Lynchburg16.8 min
3Charlottesville17.0 min
4Covington17.1 min
5Harrisonburg17.1 min
6Buena Vista17.4 min
7Bristol17.9 min
8Montgomery18.2 min
9Radford18.3 min
10Bath19.0 min
11Roanoke19.0 min
12Salem19.0 min
13Williamsburg19.5 min
14Winchester19.6 min
15Norton20.0 min
16Danville20.3 min
17Staunton20.5 min
18Accomack20.8 min
19Martinsville21.3 min
20Waynesboro21.4 min
21Richmond21.7 min
22Roanoke21.8 min
23Rockingham22.2 min
24Smyth22.2 min
25Albemarle22.2 min

How this ranking works

This page ranks Virginia counties by avg commute time, sorted so the shortest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For commute time, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh commute time against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of avg commute time.

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