How long is the commute in Springfield?
Average travel time to work in Springfield, VA, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.
How Springfield gets to work.
Average commute, one way: 24.9 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min
How workers get to work
- Drove alone: 60.4
- Carpooled: 12.8
- Transit: 7.8
- Walked: 1.3
- From home: 15.3
Average commute (minutes)
- Springfield: 24.9
- Fairfax County: 22.1
- VA: 23.1
- U.S.: 23
Work from home: 15.3% — U.S.: 13.5%
What it means
The typical one-way commute here runs about 1.9 minutes longer than the national average.
Working from home went from 2.6% of workers in 2015 to 15.3% in the latest estimates.
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau — American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates — Population, income, housing, education, commuting and poverty figures
- Census Bureau API — ACS Detailed Tables — The endpoint these pages are generated from
- data.census.gov — Look up the same tables for any place yourself
- ACS accuracy statement — Estimates carry margins of error; small places vary the most
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