Harding County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Harding County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Harding County spend about 24 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 99 hours, about 4.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 37% less time on the road than the New Mexico average of 18.8 minutes each way, a difference of 7.0 minutes.

Harding County holds about 0.0% of New Mexico's population and accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Harding County would save about 40 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,226 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)
Harding County	11.9 min	23.7 min	99 hrs/yr	$3,064	50
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.

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On average, it takes 11.9 minutes to get to work in Harding County. That's 47% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 81% of counties in New Mexico

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 2.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Harding County

• Car: 83.7%
• Walked: 13.1% unusually high
• Worked at Home: 2.8% unusually low
• Other: 0.4%
• 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 Harding County, versus 0.1% in New Mexico.

Walking is unusually common in Harding County: 6.9 times more than the New Mexico average (13.1% vs 1.9%).

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

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

Working from home is unusually rare in Harding County: 4.4 times less than the New Mexico average (2.8% vs 12.2%).

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

Harding County stands out for active commuting: 13.1% of workers walk or bike to work, 5.4 times the New Mexico average of 2.4%.

Commute Mode Trends in Harding County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Harding 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.

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• Walked
• Worked at Home
• Other
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Walked	Worked at Home	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	79.3%	3.8%	13.0%	0.0%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	1.9%
2010	90.7%	1.8%	6.0%	0.0%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2011	90.8%	4.8%	3.3%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	90.5%	3.9%	5.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	86.3%	4.2%	8.8%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	73.4%	12.8%	13.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	68.0%	8.9%	22.1%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	65.9%	5.9%	26.7%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2017	70.7%	5.6%	23.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2018	72.4%	6.2%	20.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%
2019	80.0%	3.5%	15.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2020	84.5%	6.8%	8.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2021	80.3%	9.8%	9.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	80.1%	12.9%	6.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	83.5%	11.3%	4.9%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	83.7%	13.1%	2.8%	0.4%	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 2011 at 90.8% and lowest in 2016 at 65.9%. Overall it rose from 79.3% in 2009 to 83.7% in 2024, up 4.4 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.

Walking gained the most ground in Harding County: its share of workers rose from 3.8% in 2009 to 13.1% in 2024, up 9.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 13.0% to 2.8% of workers (down 10.2 percentage points).

Walking overtook working from home to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Harding County

• 🚦 Rush-Hour RegularsThe highest share of rush-hour departures among New Mexico's 33 counties: 74.3% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Harding County?

The bars show when commuters in Harding 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	12:00-4:59 AM Harding County0.0% New Mexico4.6%	0.0%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Harding County4.5% New Mexico3.5%	4.5%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Harding County8.6% New Mexico5.1%	8.6%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Harding County1.6% New Mexico8.7%	1.6%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Harding County0.8% New Mexico10.1%	0.8%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Harding County36.7% New Mexico15.5%	36.7%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Harding County22.0% New Mexico14.8%	22.0%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Harding County14.7% New Mexico11.1%	14.7%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Harding County5.3% New Mexico4.5%	5.3%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Harding County0.4% New Mexico6.0%	0.4%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Harding County2.9% New Mexico3.1%	2.9%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Harding County0.4% New Mexico1.3%	0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Harding County1.6% New Mexico6.3%	1.6%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Harding County0.4% New Mexico5.5%	0.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Harding County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 36.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.5% across New Mexico. Early starts are about as common as in New Mexico: 13.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.1% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in New Mexico: 74.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.5% there. About 1 in 18 commuters (5.7%) 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 Harding 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 Harding 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 Harding 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.

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• New Mexico
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Harding County	New Mexico	United States
2009	7:31 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:39 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:21 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:23 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:19 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:19 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:19 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:11 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:07 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:01 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:31 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:47 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:47 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:35 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:33 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:28 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Harding County were on the road by 7:28 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:31 AM). New Mexico followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Harding County now leave 10 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Harding County has moved 2 minutes earlier.

How does Harding County's commute time compare?

Metric	Harding County	New Mexico	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	11.9 min	18.8 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	2.8%	12.2%	15.0%
Walked	13.1%	1.9%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Harding County is 11.9 minutes, shorter than the 18.8 minutes in New Mexico.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in New Mexico. 13.1% commute by walking, higher than the 1.9% in New Mexico.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau