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De Baca County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in De Baca County, New Mexico: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in De Baca County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in De Baca County spend about 16 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 66 hours, about 2.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 58% less time on the road than the New Mexico average of 18.8 minutes each way, a difference of 10.9 minutes.

De Baca County holds about 0.1% of New Mexico's population but accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in De Baca County would save about 26 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $815 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)
De Baca County 7.9 min 15.8 min 66 hrs/yr $2,039 37
New Mexico 18.8 min 37.7 min 157 hrs/yr $4,866 619
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: New Mexico Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in New Mexico
  1. De Baca County (7.9 min)
  2. Quay County (8.0 min)
  3. Union County (8.3 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in New Mexico
  1. Torrance County (36.5 min)
  2. Mora County (30.1 min)
  3. Valencia County (30.1 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

De Baca County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 7.9 minutes to get to work in De Baca County. That's 65% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Fastest county in New Mexico

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 3.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in De Baca County

  • Car: 90.4%
  • Worked at Home: 3.6% unusually low
  • Walked: 3.1%
  • Other: 2.9%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in De Baca County, versus 0.1% in New Mexico.

Public transit is essentially absent in De Baca County, versus 0.6% in New Mexico.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in De Baca County, versus 0.1% in New Mexico.

Working from home is unusually rare in De Baca County: 3.4 times less than the New Mexico average (3.6% vs 12.2%).

Biking is essentially absent in De Baca County, versus 0.5% in New Mexico.

Commute Mode Trends in De Baca County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in De Baca 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.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Show commute mode data by year
Year Car Worked at Home Walked Other Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 88.1% 6.7% 4.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0%
2010 88.4% 5.3% 4.9% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0%
2011 88.5% 2.6% 6.2% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0%
2012 89.8% 2.9% 3.7% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0%
2013 88.9% 3.2% 4.0% 3.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8% 0.0%
2014 86.4% 9.6% 1.3% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
2015 87.7% 7.4% 2.8% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0%
2016 84.1% 8.7% 3.0% 4.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 79.7% 9.9% 4.4% 3.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.4%
2018 82.3% 8.0% 5.1% 3.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1%
2019 83.7% 4.2% 7.2% 3.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3%
2020 87.9% 3.1% 4.3% 3.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1%
2021 89.8% 2.9% 4.8% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%
2022 90.7% 1.9% 5.7% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 89.0% 2.5% 4.8% 3.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 90.4% 3.6% 3.1% 2.9% 0.0% 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 2022 at 90.7% and lowest in 2017 at 79.7%. Overall it rose from 88.1% in 2009 to 90.4% in 2024, up 2.3 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 6.7% to 3.6% of workers (down 3.1 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 7.2% in 2019 and has since fallen back to 3.1%.

Commute Start Times in De Baca County

  • Sleeping InThe highest share of 9 AM-or-later starts among New Mexico's 33 counties: 33.3% of commuters leave at 9 AM or later.
  • Hitting SnoozeThe biggest shift to later mornings among New Mexico's 33 counties: the typical start is 17 minutes later than in 2009.
  • Night OwlThe 3rd-latest start among New Mexico's 33 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 7:52 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in De Baca County?

The bars show when commuters in De Baca 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 New Mexico for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM
0.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
1.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
3.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
3.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
3.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
8.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
39.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
3.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
22.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
1.6%

De Baca County New Mexico Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in De Baca County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 39.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.8% across New Mexico. Early starts are less common than in New Mexico: 6.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.1% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in New Mexico: 54.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.5% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (33.3%) 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 De Baca 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 De Baca 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 De Baca County next to New Mexico 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.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Show typical departure times by year
Year De Baca County New Mexico United States
2009 7:35 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:28 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:30 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:40 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:37 AM 7:36 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:35 AM 7:37 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:45 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:30 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:34 AM 7:36 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:26 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:32 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:35 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:47 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:48 AM 7:35 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:59 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:52 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in De Baca County were on the road by 7:52 AM, 17 minutes later than in 2009 (7:35 AM). That goes against the trend across New Mexico, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in De Baca County now leave 14 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 De Baca County has moved 20 minutes later.

How does De Baca County's commute time compare?

Metric De Baca County New Mexico US Average
Avg. Commute Time 7.9 min 18.8 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 3.6% 12.2% 15.0%
Walked 3.1% 1.9% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.6% 3.2%

The average commute time in De Baca County is 7.9 minutes, shorter than the 18.8 minutes in New Mexico.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in New Mexico. 3.1% commute by walking, higher than the 1.9% in New Mexico.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

De Baca County, NM Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

De Baca County, NM is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 1,576 residents against a local median of 18,922. The measure that sets De Baca County, NM apart most is one-way commute: 7.9 min, 41% below the local median of 13.3 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 3.6% against a local median of 4.6%, 23% below it. The counties themselves spread 7.6 min on one-way commute, so De Baca County, NM sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. De Baca County, NM has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
De Baca County, NM 1,576 7.9 min #1/6 3.6% #5/6 7:52 AM #6/6
Guadalupe County, NM 4,381 13.5 min 2.9% 7:18 AM
Chaves County, NM 64,216 15.5 min 5.4% 7:34 AM
Roosevelt County, NM 18,922 12.5 min 4.6% 7:37 AM
Curry County, NM 47,638 13.3 min 3.7% 7:21 AM
Quay County, NM 8,564 8.0 min 6.4% 7:38 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in De Baca County, New Mexico.

How much does the average commute cost workers in De Baca County, New Mexico?

Commuters here spend an estimated 66 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,039 at a typical national wage. That's 58% less than the typical New Mexico commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in De Baca County, New Mexico?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in De Baca County, New Mexico. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in De Baca County, New Mexico?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.6% in New Mexico, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in New Mexico?

Among counties in New Mexico, the shortest average commutes are in De Baca County (7.9 min), Quay County (8.0 min), Union County (8.3 min). The longest are in Torrance County (36.5 min), Mora County (30.1 min), Valencia County (30.1 min).