Frio County Commute Time Map & Patterns
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Commute Time Burden in Frio County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Frio County spend about 33 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 6.5 minutes.
Frio 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 Frio County would save about 54 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,680 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frio County | 16.3 min | 32.5 min | 135 hrs/yr | $4,199 | 333 |
| 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.
Commute Time Map: Texas Counties
- Loving County (3.2 min)
- King County (5.8 min)
- Terrell County (6.5 min)
- Bandera County (38.6 min)
- San Jacinto County (35.9 min)
- Liberty County (33.6 min)
Compare commute times among different counties
On average, it takes 16.3 minutes to get to work in Frio County. That's 27% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by other means. About 1.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Frio County
- Car: 92.3%
- Other: 3.0%
- Walked: 2.4%
- Worked at Home: 1.7% unusually low
- Public Transportation: 0.7%
- Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
- Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
- Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Frio County, versus 0.1% in Texas.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Frio County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Working from home is unusually rare in Frio County: 8.4 times less than the Texas average (1.7% vs 14.4%).
Biking is essentially absent in Frio County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Commute Mode Trends in Frio County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Frio 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.
Show commute mode data by year
| Year | Car | Other | Walked | Worked at Home | Public Transportation | Taxi | Motorcycle | Bicycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 92.7% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% |
| 2010 | 94.8% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2011 | 93.4% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2012 | 93.4% | 3.0% | 2.7% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2013 | 93.9% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 95.2% | 1.6% | 2.4% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2015 | 95.0% | 1.3% | 2.7% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| 2016 | 94.4% | 0.6% | 2.6% | 1.9% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| 2017 | 95.6% | 0.2% | 1.4% | 2.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| 2018 | 94.5% | 0.2% | 1.3% | 3.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| 2019 | 93.5% | 0.2% | 1.3% | 4.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| 2020 | 93.3% | 0.3% | 2.1% | 4.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2021 | 88.5% | 2.3% | 3.8% | 5.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2022 | 91.0% | 1.8% | 3.2% | 3.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2023 | 91.0% | 4.8% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2024 | 92.3% | 3.0% | 2.4% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 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 95.6% and lowest in 2021 at 88.5%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 92.7% in 2009 and 92.3% in 2024. It has risen in the latest release.
Public transit gained the most ground in Frio County: its share of workers rose from 0.1% in 2009 to 0.7% in 2024, up 0.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 0.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Riding a motorcycle lost the most ground, falling from 1.0% to 0.0% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).
Walking overtook working from home to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.
Working from home peaked at 5.3% in 2021 and has since fallen back to 1.7%.
Commute Start Times in Frio County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Frio County?
The bars show when commuters in Frio 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
Frio County14.6%
Texas5.5%
|
14.6% |
|---|---|---|
| 5:00-5:29 AM |
5:00-5:29 AM
Frio County6.6%
Texas4.4%
|
6.6% |
| 5:30-5:59 AM |
5:30-5:59 AM
Frio County7.1%
Texas5.1%
|
7.1% |
| 6:00-6:29 AM |
6:00-6:29 AM
Frio County7.1%
Texas9.3%
|
7.1% |
| 6:30-6:59 AM |
6:30-6:59 AM
Frio County4.6%
Texas9.3%
|
4.6% |
| 7:00-7:29 AM |
7:00-7:29 AM
Frio County15.1%
Texas15.3%
|
15.1% |
| 7:30-7:59 AM |
7:30-7:59 AM
Frio County19.9%
Texas11.8%
|
19.9% |
| 8:00-8:29 AM |
8:00-8:29 AM
Frio County6.6%
Texas11.5%
|
6.6% |
| 8:30-8:59 AM |
8:30-8:59 AM
Frio County1.7%
Texas4.8%
|
1.7% |
| 9:00-9:59 AM |
9:00-9:59 AM
Frio County1.3%
Texas6.7%
|
1.3% |
| 10:00-10:59 AM |
10:00-10:59 AM
Frio County2.4%
Texas3.1%
|
2.4% |
| 11:00-11:59 AM |
11:00-11:59 AM
Frio County2.0%
Texas1.3%
|
2.0% |
| 12:00-3:59 PM |
12:00-3:59 PM
Frio County5.5%
Texas5.8%
|
5.5% |
| 4:00-11:59 PM |
4:00-11:59 PM
Frio County5.5%
Texas6.2%
|
5.5% |
Frio County Texas Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Frio County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 19.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.8% across Texas. Early starts are more common than in Texas: 28.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Texas's: 46.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.6%) 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 Frio 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 Frio 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 Frio 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.
Show typical departure times by year
| Year | Frio County | Texas | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7:32 AM | 7:32 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2010 | 7:32 AM | 7:32 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2011 | 7:43 AM | 7:32 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2012 | 7:44 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 | 7:43 AM | 7:31 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2016 | 7:30 AM | 7:31 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2017 | 7:23 AM | 7:30 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2018 | 7:22 AM | 7:30 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2019 | 7:25 AM | 7:30 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2020 | 7:27 AM | 7:31 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2021 | 7:21 AM | 7:31 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2022 | 7:33 AM | 7:32 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2023 | 7:32 AM | 7:33 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2024 | 7:20 AM | 7:33 AM | 7:38 AM |
In 2024, half of commuters in Frio County were on the road by 7:20 AM, 12 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:32 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Frio County now leave 18 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 Frio County has moved 5 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Frio County in the whole series.
How does Frio County's commute time compare?
| Metric | Frio County | Texas | US Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. Commute Time | 16.3 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 | 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM | 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM | 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM |
| Work From Home | 1.7% | 14.4% | 15.0% |
| Walked | 2.4% | 1.5% | 2.4% |
| Public Transit | 0.7% | 0.9% | 3.2% |
The average commute time in Frio County is 16.3 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 2.4% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Texas.
Frio County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Frio County, TX is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 18,582 residents against a local median of 9,412. Frio County, TX's work from home, at 1.7%, runs 81% below the 9.1% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 9.6% on work from home, so Frio County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Frio County, TX has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
| Area | Population | One-way commute | Work from home | Typical departure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frio County, TX | 18,582 | 16.3 min #3/6 | 1.7% #6/6 | 7:20 AM #3/6 |
| Medina County, TX | 53,547 | 30.7 min | 12.6% | 7:13 AM |
| La Salle County, TX | 6,839 | 7.7 min | 4.3% | 7:40 AM |
| Atascosa County, TX | 51,008 | 25.5 min | 9.1% | 7:13 AM |
| Zavala County, TX | 9,412 | 13.6 min | 6.4% | 7:50 AM |
| McMullen County, TX | 700 | 16.3 min | 13.9% | 7:20 AM |
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about commuting in Frio County, Texas.
Is commuting expensive in Frio County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 135 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,199 at a typical national wage. That's 29% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Frio County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Frio County, Texas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 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).