Concho County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Concho County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Concho County spend about 17 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 72 hours, about 3.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 62% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 14.2 minutes.

Concho County holds about 0.0% of Texas's population and accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Concho County would save about 29 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $890 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)
Concho County	8.6 min	17.2 min	72 hrs/yr	$2,226	270
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 8.6 minutes to get to work in Concho County. That's 62% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 93% of counties in Texas

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 7.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Concho County

• Car: 83.7%
• Walked: 9.3% unusually high
• Worked at Home: 7.0%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Other: < 0.1%

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Concho County, versus 0.1% in Texas.

Walking is unusually common in Concho County: 6.3 times more than the Texas average (9.3% vs 1.5%).

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

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

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

Concho County stands out for active commuting: 9.3% of workers walk or bike to work, 5.5 times the Texas average of 1.7%.

Commute Mode Trends in Concho County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Concho 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
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Walked	Worked at Home	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Other
2009	88.6%	5.7%	5.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.6%	0.0%
2010	90.6%	5.5%	3.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	88.2%	7.4%	4.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	89.0%	6.7%	4.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	91.2%	5.1%	3.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	89.5%	4.8%	5.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	89.7%	5.2%	5.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	91.5%	2.6%	5.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	91.3%	3.5%	5.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	90.4%	3.0%	6.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	91.6%	4.8%	3.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	94.2%	1.3%	4.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	94.7%	0.8%	4.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	93.0%	2.7%	4.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	90.3%	5.2%	4.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	83.7%	9.3%	7.0%	0.0%	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 2021 at 94.7%. Overall it fell from 88.6% in 2009 to 83.7% in 2024, down 4.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Walking gained the most ground in Concho County: its share of workers rose from 5.7% in 2009 to 9.3% in 2024, up 3.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Biking lost the most ground, falling from 0.6% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Concho County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Concho County?

The bars show when commuters in Concho 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 Concho County13.9% Texas5.5%	13.9%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Concho County2.6% Texas4.4%	2.6%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Concho County3.1% Texas5.1%	3.1%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Concho County6.1% Texas9.3%	6.1%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Concho County7.0% Texas9.3%	7.0%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Concho County9.8% Texas15.3%	9.8%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Concho County18.1% Texas11.8%	18.1%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Concho County9.8% Texas11.5%	9.8%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Concho County1.7% Texas4.8%	1.7%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Concho County7.3% Texas6.7%	7.3%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Concho County3.4% Texas3.1%	3.4%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Concho County5.3% Texas1.3%	5.3%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Concho County1.3% Texas5.8%	1.3%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Concho County10.4% Texas6.2%	10.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Concho County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 18.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.8% across Texas. Early starts are more common than in Texas: 19.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Texas: 44.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.8%) 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 Concho 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 Concho 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 Concho 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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Show typical departure times by year

Year	Concho County	Texas	United States
2009	7:24 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:31 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:32 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:30 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:27 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:21 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:16 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:13 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:24 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:22 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:31 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:29 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:36 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:39 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:41 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:42 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Concho County were on the road by 7:42 AM, 18 minutes later than in 2009 (7:24 AM). The shift is sharper than across Texas, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Concho County now leave 4 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 Concho County has moved 11 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Concho County in the whole series.

How does Concho County's commute time compare?

Metric	Concho County	Texas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	8.6 min	22.8 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 AM – 04:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	7.0%	14.4%	15.0%
Walked	9.3%	1.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Concho County is 8.6 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 9.3% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Texas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau