Commuting in Eastland 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 Eastland County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Eastland 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 134 hours, about 5.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 30% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 6.7 minutes.
Eastland 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 Eastland County would save about 53 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,658 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)
Eastland County
16.0 min
32.1 min
134 hrs/yr
$4,146
283
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
16.0
minutes to get to work in
Eastland 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 Eastland County
Car:
92.0%
Worked at Home:
4.9%
Walked:
2.0%
Other:
1.0%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Eastland County, versus 0.1% in Texas.
Public transit is unusually rare in Eastland County: 9.8 times less than the Texas average (0.1% vs 0.9%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Eastland County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Biking is essentially absent in Eastland County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Commute Mode Trends in Eastland County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Eastland 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
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
92.5%
3.5%
3.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2010
92.2%
4.2%
2.8%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2011
94.1%
3.7%
1.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2012
92.9%
4.4%
1.8%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2013
92.7%
4.1%
2.6%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2014
93.8%
3.4%
2.2%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2015
94.1%
3.1%
1.7%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.4%
2016
95.3%
2.0%
1.6%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2017
95.7%
0.7%
2.6%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2018
95.1%
0.6%
2.6%
1.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2019
93.1%
2.0%
3.0%
1.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2020
93.9%
2.7%
1.7%
1.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
93.1%
3.8%
1.9%
0.9%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
92.7%
5.0%
1.1%
1.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
91.1%
6.0%
1.5%
1.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
92.0%
4.9%
2.0%
1.0%
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 95.7% and lowest in 2023 at 91.1%. Overall it fell from 92.5% in 2009 to 92.0% in 2024, down 0.5 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Eastland County: its share of workers rose from 3.5% in 2009 to 4.9% in 2024, up 1.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.0% to 2.0% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).
Working from home peaked at 6.0% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 4.9%.
Commute Start Times in Eastland County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Eastland County?
The bars show when commuters in Eastland 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 AMEastland County6.6%Texas5.5%
6.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMEastland County5.8%Texas4.4%
5.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMEastland County7.5%Texas5.1%
7.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMEastland County5.5%Texas9.3%
5.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMEastland County7.2%Texas9.3%
7.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMEastland County21.0%Texas15.3%
21.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMEastland County14.3%Texas11.8%
14.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMEastland County7.2%Texas11.5%
7.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMEastland County3.5%Texas4.8%
3.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMEastland County5.9%Texas6.7%
5.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMEastland County3.7%Texas3.1%
3.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMEastland County0.4%Texas1.3%
0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMEastland County5.0%Texas5.8%
5.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMEastland County6.5%Texas6.2%
6.5%
Eastland CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Eastland County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 21.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are more common than in Texas: 19.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Texas's: 49.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.5%) 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 Eastland 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 Eastland 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 Eastland 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
Eastland County
Texas
United States
2009
7:31 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:27 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:36 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:40 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:39 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:39 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:44 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:42 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:36 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:33 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:29 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:27 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:23 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:21 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:24 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:25 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Eastland County were on the road by 7:25 AM, 6 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:31 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Eastland County now leave 13 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 Eastland County has moved 4 minutes earlier.
How does Eastland County's commute time compare?
Metric
Eastland County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
16.0 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
4.9%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
2.0%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Eastland County is 16.0 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 2.0% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Texas.
Eastland County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Eastland County, TX is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 18,011 residents against a local median of 14,241. Where Eastland County, TX breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 21% below the local median of 6.2% at 4.9%.
The counties themselves spread 5.4% on work from home, so Eastland County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Eastland County, TX has the 4th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Eastland County, Texas.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Eastland County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 134 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,146 at a typical national wage. That's 30% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Eastland County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Eastland 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 Eastland County, Texas?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% 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).