Calhoun County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Calhoun County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Calhoun County spend about 32 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 135 hours, about 5.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 29% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 6.6 minutes.

Calhoun County holds about 0.1% of Texas's population but accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Calhoun County would save about 54 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,676 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)
Calhoun County	16.2 min	32.4 min	135 hrs/yr	$4,189	639
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.

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On average, it takes 16.2 minutes to get to work in Calhoun County. That's 28% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 4.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Calhoun County

• Car: 92.3%
• Worked at Home: 4.9%
• Walked: 2.5%
• Motorcycle: 0.3% unusually high
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Other: < 0.1%

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Calhoun County: 3.1 times more than the Texas average (0.3% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is essentially absent in Calhoun County, versus 0.9% in Texas.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Calhoun County, versus 0.2% in Texas.

Biking is essentially absent in Calhoun County, versus 0.2% in Texas.

Commute Mode Trends in Calhoun County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Calhoun 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
• Motorcycle
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• Taxi
• Bicycle
• Other

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Motorcycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Bicycle	Other
2009	95.0%	1.5%	1.3%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	1.3%
2010	95.3%	1.4%	1.2%	0.1%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%
2011	95.5%	2.0%	0.7%	0.2%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2012	94.3%	2.3%	0.8%	0.2%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2013	93.4%	2.8%	1.1%	0.2%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%
2014	94.3%	3.0%	0.8%	0.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	1.1%
2015	94.3%	2.8%	0.8%	0.1%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%	1.1%
2016	92.7%	4.3%	1.4%	0.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.9%
2017	94.4%	3.2%	0.9%	0.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.8%
2018	95.0%	3.1%	0.7%	0.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.5%
2019	95.2%	3.5%	0.6%	0.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2020	94.4%	3.6%	1.8%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	96.1%	2.0%	1.5%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	96.5%	1.8%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	93.7%	4.0%	2.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	92.3%	4.9%	2.5%	0.3%	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 peaked in 2022 at 96.5%. Overall it fell from 95.0% in 2009 to 92.3% in 2024, down 2.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Calhoun County: its share of workers rose from 1.5% in 2009 to 4.9% in 2024, up 3.4 percentage points.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.8% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.8 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Calhoun County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Calhoun County?

The bars show when commuters in Calhoun 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 AM Calhoun County3.2% Texas5.5%	3.2%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Calhoun County9.7% Texas4.4%	9.7%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Calhoun County10.7% Texas5.1%	10.7%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Calhoun County11.9% Texas9.3%	11.9%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Calhoun County8.6% Texas9.3%	8.6%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Calhoun County18.3% Texas15.3%	18.3%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Calhoun County15.2% Texas11.8%	15.2%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Calhoun County9.9% Texas11.5%	9.9%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Calhoun County0.8% Texas4.8%	0.8%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Calhoun County3.0% Texas6.7%	3.0%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Calhoun County1.5% Texas3.1%	1.5%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Calhoun County0.7% Texas1.3%	0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Calhoun County3.4% Texas5.8%	3.4%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Calhoun County3.2% Texas6.2%	3.2%

Calhoun County Texas Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Calhoun County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are more common than in Texas: 23.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 52.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 9 commuters (11.7%) 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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun 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.

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• Texas
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Calhoun County	Texas	United States
2009	7:12 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:17 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:17 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:17 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:17 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:18 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:10 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:06 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:06 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:07 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:05 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:11 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:14 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:17 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:21 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:10 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Calhoun County were on the road by 7:10 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:12 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Calhoun County now leave 28 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 Calhoun County has moved 4 minutes later.

How does Calhoun County's commute time compare?

Metric	Calhoun County	Texas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	16.2 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	4.9%	14.4%	15.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Calhoun County is 16.2 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 2.5% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Texas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau