I live in Northern Virginia.
My 13 mile commute to work out of the 5 jeeps I see two are modified. Now this is heavily congested area and on average people have a 40 mile one way commute.

I do see a lot of Rubicon's with just a winch and a front bumper here.

 

I think the influx of inexpensive Chinese bumpers and winches means there are more JKs sporting these than TJs in earlier years. I think for many new Jeep owners this is an "image" mod.

 

I think there are a ton of modded Jeeps here in Northern VA. But, being that it's so close to DC and lots of people commute a good ways up and down I95, you won't really see to many on the main roads for the most part. Here in Fredericksburg, there are probably more modded Jeeps in one way or another than stock. Just my opinion...

 

Or maybe all they need is a just winch. Some people don't odered everything they in the catalog. For the most part I wouldn't consider those image mod. I do see a lot of people with 4" of lift with 35's and you can tell those Jeep don't see a trail.

 

50 50 here in ct. The lifted ones i see are 90 percent jk models. Tj's next but most of them are stock.

 

The vast majority of Wranglers in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area are pretty heavily modded; most will never see anything but pavement.

 

I live in a small town just outside if MikeJKUR's city and almost every jeep I see is modified. I think the further north you go, the more stock they will tend to be.

MikeJKUR: I see about 4 every day while headed to work (8 mile commute to manassas ) and usually they're mod-ed, you need to stick to Rt 28 to find them I guess?

 

Oh I driving Manassas to Chantilly on Rt28. Of course I am at work by 5:30am so not everybody is up at that time.

 

Well, Chantilly... That might be there problem there, I avoid that place as much as possible. I go to work at 6pm so I see everybody while they're headed home and not willing to wave

 

Seems like the big cities have less mods and the outskirts have more modified jeeps from what I am reading. Of course its just a guess based on this thread. I was in McLean, dc, and Arlington for the most part. Since many city dwellers don't always have access to a garage, I can see how they may be less interested in modifying their jeep.