Commuting in Bowie County, Texas: 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 Bowie County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Bowie County spend about 28 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 117 hours, about 4.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 39% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 8.8 minutes.
Bowie County holds about 0.3% of Texas's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Bowie County would save about 47 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,447 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)
Bowie County
14.0 min
28.0 min
117 hrs/yr
$3,616
1,109
Texas
22.8 min
45.6 min
190 hrs/yr
$5,888
1,441
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.
On average, it takes
14.0
minutes to get to work in
Bowie County.
That's 38% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 70% of counties in Texas
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 working from home. About 6.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Bowie County
Car:
91.2%
Worked at Home:
6.5%
Walked:
1.1%
Other:
0.8%
Motorcycle:
0.3%
Public Transportation:
0.2%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Bowie County: 4.2 times less than the Texas average (0.2% vs 0.9%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Bowie County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Biking is essentially absent in Bowie County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Commute Mode Trends in Bowie County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Bowie 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
Motorcycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Bicycle
2009
92.3%
3.4%
2.0%
0.9%
0.7%
0.3%
0.1%
0.3%
2010
92.9%
2.6%
2.1%
1.0%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.4%
2011
93.3%
2.7%
1.6%
1.2%
0.6%
0.3%
0.1%
0.3%
2012
94.4%
2.3%
0.9%
1.5%
0.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.2%
2013
95.0%
1.9%
1.0%
1.3%
0.4%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
95.1%
1.9%
0.8%
1.2%
0.3%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
2015
94.6%
2.1%
1.0%
1.3%
0.2%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
2016
94.5%
2.5%
0.9%
1.2%
0.2%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
2017
94.4%
2.5%
0.9%
1.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2018
94.5%
2.6%
0.8%
1.3%
0.3%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
2019
94.5%
2.6%
1.0%
1.2%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
95.3%
2.4%
0.7%
0.9%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
94.5%
3.4%
0.8%
0.8%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
93.5%
4.4%
0.9%
0.7%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
92.3%
5.9%
0.9%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
91.2%
6.5%
1.1%
0.8%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2020 at 95.3%. Overall it fell from 92.3% in 2009 to 91.2% in 2024, down 1.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Bowie County: its share of workers rose from 3.4% in 2009 to 6.5% in 2024, up 3.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.0% to 1.1% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Bowie County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Bowie County?
The bars show when commuters in Bowie 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 Texas for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMBowie County3.8%Texas5.5%
3.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMBowie County5.2%Texas4.4%
5.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMBowie County5.8%Texas5.1%
5.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMBowie County8.4%Texas9.3%
8.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMBowie County7.7%Texas9.3%
7.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMBowie County16.5%Texas15.3%
16.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMBowie County15.8%Texas11.8%
15.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMBowie County11.2%Texas11.5%
11.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMBowie County3.6%Texas4.8%
3.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMBowie County4.8%Texas6.7%
4.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMBowie County3.9%Texas3.1%
3.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMBowie County1.4%Texas1.3%
1.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMBowie County4.0%Texas5.8%
4.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMBowie County7.8%Texas6.2%
7.8%
Bowie CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Bowie County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are about as common as in Texas: 14.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 51.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (22.0%) 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 Bowie 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 Bowie 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 Bowie County next to Texas 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
Bowie County
Texas
United States
2009
7:31 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:31 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:30 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:28 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:28 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:28 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:29 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:30 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:30 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:27 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:26 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:27 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:28 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:30 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:31 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:35 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Bowie County were on the road by 7:35 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:31 AM). The shift is sharper than across Texas, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Bowie County now leave 3 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 Bowie County has moved 9 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Bowie County in the whole series.
How does Bowie County's commute time compare?
Metric
Bowie County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
14.0 min
22.8 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
6.5%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
1.1%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.2%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Bowie County is 14.0 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.
Bowie County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Bowie County, TX is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 92,113 residents against a local median of 15,710. Bowie County, TX's work from home, at 6.5%, runs 68% above the 3.9% typical of the counties around it.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 14.0 min against a local median of 21.4 min, 35% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 35% below the local median it puts Bowie County, TX at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 4.9% on work from home, so Bowie County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Bowie County, TX has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Bowie County, Texas.
Is commuting expensive in Bowie County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 117 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,616 at a typical national wage. That's 39% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Bowie County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Bowie County, Texas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Do people use public transit in Bowie County, Texas?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% of commuters use it versus 0.9% in Texas, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in Texas?
Among counties in Texas, the shortest average commutes are in Loving County (3.3 min), King County (5.8 min), Terrell County (6.5 min). The longest are in Bandera County (38.6 min), San Jacinto County (35.9 min), Liberty County (33.6 min).