Mora County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Mora County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Mora County spend about 60 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 250 hours, about 10.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 60% more time on the road than the New Mexico average of 18.8 minutes each way, a difference of 11.2 minutes.

Mora County holds about 0.2% of New Mexico's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Mora County would save about 100 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,105 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)
Mora County	30.1 min	60.1 min	250 hrs/yr	$7,763	185
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

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On average, it takes 30.1 minutes to get to work in Mora County. That's 34% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 3 slowest counties in New Mexico

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:30 AM – 08:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 8.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Mora County

• Car: 85.2%
• Worked at Home: 8.6%
• Walked: 5.4%
• Other: 0.5%
• Motorcycle: 0.3%
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Mora County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Mora 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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• Worked at Home
• Walked
• Other
• Motorcycle
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Motorcycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	89.5%	4.0%	3.4%	2.8%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	83.7%	5.3%	3.9%	6.9%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	80.8%	8.1%	2.8%	8.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	79.4%	10.5%	2.8%	7.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	73.9%	14.4%	2.2%	9.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	79.6%	6.2%	2.3%	11.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	91.0%	8.1%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	92.5%	6.0%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	93.9%	4.8%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	86.9%	9.0%	4.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	86.1%	10.1%	3.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	88.4%	6.4%	5.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	85.5%	9.6%	4.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	77.4%	13.1%	9.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	68.5%	16.1%	5.2%	9.9%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	85.2%	8.6%	5.4%	0.5%	0.3%	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 2017 at 93.9% and lowest in 2023 at 68.5%. Overall it fell from 89.5% in 2009 to 85.2% in 2024, down 4.3 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Mora County: its share of workers rose from 4.0% in 2009 to 8.6% in 2024, up 4.6 percentage points.

Working from home peaked at 16.1% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 8.6%.

Commute Start Times in Mora County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Mora County?

The bars show when commuters in Mora 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 Mora County1.9% New Mexico4.6%	1.9%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Mora County0.0% New Mexico3.5%	0.0%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Mora County5.4% New Mexico5.1%	5.4%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Mora County6.2% New Mexico8.7%	6.2%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Mora County13.6% New Mexico10.1%	13.6%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Mora County30.0% New Mexico15.5%	30.0%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Mora County8.5% New Mexico14.8%	8.5%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Mora County6.1% New Mexico11.1%	6.1%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Mora County15.8% New Mexico4.5%	15.8%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Mora County3.0% New Mexico6.0%	3.0%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Mora County8.2% New Mexico3.1%	8.2%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Mora County0.4% New Mexico1.3%	0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Mora County0.9% New Mexico6.3%	0.9%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Mora County0.0% New Mexico5.5%	0.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Mora County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 30.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.5% across New Mexico. Early starts are less common than in New Mexico: 7.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.1% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in New Mexico: 58.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 51.5% there. About 1 in 8 commuters (12.4%) 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 Mora 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 Mora 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 Mora 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.

• Mora County
• New Mexico
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Mora County	New Mexico	United States
2009	7:19 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:24 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:24 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:20 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:26 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:35 AM	7:37 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:25 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:34 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:28 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:15 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:08 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:04 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:09 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:16 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:04 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:23 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Mora County were on the road by 7:23 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:19 AM). That goes against the trend across New Mexico, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Mora County now leave 15 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 Mora County has moved 14 minutes later.

How does Mora County's commute time compare?

Metric	Mora County	New Mexico	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	30.1 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	08:30 AM – 08:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	8.6%	12.2%	15.0%
Walked	5.4%	1.9%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Mora County is 30.1 minutes, longer than the 18.8 minutes in New Mexico.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in New Mexico. 5.4% commute by walking, higher than the 1.9% in New Mexico.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau