Commuting in Cottle 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 Cottle County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Cottle County spend about 21 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 88 hours, about 3.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 54% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 12.2 minutes.
Cottle 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 Cottle County would save about 35 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,094 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)
Cottle County
10.6 min
21.2 min
88 hrs/yr
$2,735
116
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
10.6
minutes to get to work in
Cottle County.
That's 53% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 90% of counties in Texas
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 13.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Cottle County
Car:
81.3%
Worked at Home:
13.7%
Bicycle:
3.0%unusually high
Walked:
1.1%
Public Transportation:
0.9%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Other:
< 0.1%
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Cottle County, versus 0.1% in Texas.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Cottle County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Biking is unusually common in Cottle County: 14.5 times more than the Texas average (3.0% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Cottle County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Cottle 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
Bicycle
Walked
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Other
2009
92.6%
3.0%
0.0%
3.6%
0.3%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
2010
91.9%
3.4%
0.0%
3.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.7%
0.0%
2011
87.9%
3.7%
0.0%
3.7%
0.6%
0.0%
0.6%
3.5%
2012
90.9%
2.7%
0.0%
3.9%
0.7%
0.0%
0.6%
1.2%
2013
85.5%
1.2%
0.0%
10.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.8%
2014
84.4%
1.7%
0.0%
9.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
4.1%
2015
84.3%
2.2%
0.0%
9.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
4.0%
2016
84.2%
2.4%
0.0%
9.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
3.8%
2017
86.9%
1.6%
0.0%
8.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
3.0%
2018
89.2%
2.7%
0.0%
7.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
2019
87.5%
7.0%
0.0%
5.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
84.1%
10.6%
0.0%
5.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
80.9%
15.5%
0.0%
3.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
72.9%
23.7%
0.0%
3.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
70.7%
23.0%
2.5%
2.5%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
81.3%
13.7%
3.0%
1.1%
0.9%
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 bottomed out in 2023 at 70.7%. Overall it fell from 92.6% in 2009 to 81.3% in 2024, down 11.3 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Cottle County: its share of workers rose from 3.0% in 2009 to 13.7% in 2024, up 10.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.6% to 1.1% of workers (down 2.5 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.
Working from home peaked at 23.7% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 13.7%.
Commute Start Times in Cottle County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Cottle County?
The bars show when commuters in Cottle 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 AMCottle County1.6%Texas5.5%
1.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCottle County0.0%Texas4.4%
0.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCottle County1.2%Texas5.1%
1.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCottle County8.7%Texas9.3%
8.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCottle County17.7%Texas9.3%
17.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCottle County16.1%Texas15.3%
16.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCottle County24.7%Texas11.8%
24.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCottle County12.2%Texas11.5%
12.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCottle County3.1%Texas4.8%
3.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCottle County5.4%Texas6.7%
5.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCottle County5.4%Texas3.1%
5.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCottle County1.0%Texas1.3%
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCottle County1.0%Texas5.8%
1.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCottle County1.9%Texas6.2%
1.9%
Cottle CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Cottle County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 24.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.8% across Texas. Early starts are less common than in Texas: 2.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 70.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.6%) 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 Cottle 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 Cottle 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 Cottle 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
Cottle County
Texas
United States
2009
7:33 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:35 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:33 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:33 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:40 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:45 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:30 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:29 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:32 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:35 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:34 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:39 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:38 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:42 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:15 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:36 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Cottle County were on the road by 7:36 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:33 AM). Texas followed the same path, with the typical start moving 1 minute later. Commuters in Cottle County now leave 2 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 Cottle County has moved 2 minutes later.
How does Cottle County's commute time compare?
Metric
Cottle County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
10.6 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
06:30 AM – 06:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
13.7%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
1.1%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.9%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Cottle County is 10.6 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
The share of commuters using public transit is about the same as Texas. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.
Cottle County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Cottle County, TX is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 1,368 residents against a local median of 1,183. The measure that sets Cottle County, TX apart most is work from home: 13.7%, 74% above the local median of 7.9%.
The counties themselves spread 12.9% on work from home, so Cottle County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Cottle County, TX has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Cottle County, Texas.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Cottle County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 88 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,735 at a typical national wage. That's 54% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Cottle County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Cottle County, Texas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Which counties in Texas have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).