Deaf Smith County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Deaf Smith County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Deaf Smith County spend about 27 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 114 hours, about 4.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 40% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 9.1 minutes.

Deaf Smith 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 Deaf Smith County would save about 46 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,411 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)
Deaf Smith County	13.7 min	27.3 min	114 hrs/yr	$3,527	164
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 13.7 minutes to get to work in Deaf Smith County. That's 39% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 74% of counties in Texas

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by other means. About 2.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Deaf Smith County

• Car: 92.5%
• Other: 4.1%
• Worked at Home: 2.5% unusually low
• Walked: 0.8%
• Motorcycle: 0.1%
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

Working from home is unusually rare in Deaf Smith County: 5.6 times less than the Texas average (2.5% vs 14.4%).

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

Commute Mode Trends in Deaf Smith County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Deaf Smith 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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• Other
• Worked at Home
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Other	Worked at Home	Walked	Motorcycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	94.3%	0.2%	3.5%	1.1%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.2%
2010	94.2%	0.3%	4.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2011	93.5%	0.5%	4.9%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2012	93.5%	0.5%	4.4%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2013	94.8%	0.7%	3.2%	1.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	94.6%	0.7%	3.3%	1.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	95.5%	0.5%	2.6%	1.1%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	96.1%	0.3%	2.0%	1.2%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	96.5%	0.4%	2.2%	0.4%	0.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	95.3%	0.5%	2.9%	0.3%	0.1%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	94.9%	0.3%	3.2%	0.5%	0.1%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	94.0%	0.3%	3.7%	0.6%	0.0%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	93.2%	1.2%	4.1%	0.4%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	92.4%	3.5%	2.9%	0.5%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	92.2%	3.8%	3.3%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	92.5%	4.1%	2.5%	0.8%	0.1%	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 96.5% and lowest in 2023 at 92.2%. Overall it fell from 94.3% in 2009 to 92.5% in 2024, down 1.8 percentage points.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 3.5% to 2.5% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Deaf Smith County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Deaf Smith County?

The bars show when commuters in Deaf Smith 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 Deaf Smith County7.1% Texas5.5%	7.1%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Deaf Smith County5.7% Texas4.4%	5.7%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Deaf Smith County2.3% Texas5.1%	2.3%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Deaf Smith County10.4% Texas9.3%	10.4%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Deaf Smith County5.8% Texas9.3%	5.8%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Deaf Smith County14.1% Texas15.3%	14.1%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Deaf Smith County15.3% Texas11.8%	15.3%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Deaf Smith County14.7% Texas11.5%	14.7%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Deaf Smith County5.9% Texas4.8%	5.9%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Deaf Smith County3.9% Texas6.7%	3.9%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Deaf Smith County2.5% Texas3.1%	2.5%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Deaf Smith County0.9% Texas1.3%	0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Deaf Smith County4.6% Texas5.8%	4.6%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Deaf Smith County6.8% Texas6.2%	6.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Deaf Smith County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 15.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.8% across Texas. Early starts are about as common as in Texas: 15.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 49.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.6%) 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 Deaf Smith 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 Deaf Smith 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 Deaf Smith 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.

• Deaf Smith County
• Texas
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Deaf Smith County	Texas	United States
2009	7:40 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:34 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:30 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:27 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:27 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:31 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:36 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:32 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:31 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:29 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:33 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:31 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:34 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:40 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:39 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:39 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Deaf Smith County were on the road by 7:39 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Texas, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Deaf Smith County now leave 1 minute 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 Deaf Smith County has moved 6 minutes later.

How does Deaf Smith County's commute time compare?

Metric	Deaf Smith County	Texas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	13.7 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	2.5%	14.4%	15.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Deaf Smith County is 13.7 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 0.8% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau