Commuting in Goliad 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 Goliad County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Goliad County spend about 61 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 255 hours, about 10.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 34% more time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 7.8 minutes.
Goliad 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 Goliad County would save about 102 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,159 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)
Goliad County
30.6 min
61.1 min
255 hrs/yr
$7,897
227
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
30.6
minutes to get to work in
Goliad County.
That's 36% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 93% of counties in Texas
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Goliad County
Car:
91.9%
Worked at Home:
5.7%
Other:
1.0%
Walked:
0.8%
Motorcycle:
0.6%unusually high
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Goliad County: 5.3 times more than the Texas average (0.6% vs 0.1%).
Public transit is essentially absent in Goliad County, versus 0.9% in Texas.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Goliad County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Biking is essentially absent in Goliad County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Commute Mode Trends in Goliad County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Goliad 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
Other
Walked
Motorcycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Bicycle
2009
91.9%
3.4%
0.6%
3.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2010
92.2%
4.8%
0.2%
2.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2011
91.4%
5.7%
0.3%
2.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2012
91.2%
4.9%
0.3%
3.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
2013
90.3%
7.4%
0.1%
2.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
87.5%
7.7%
0.1%
4.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
91.1%
6.0%
0.0%
2.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
88.1%
5.7%
0.0%
6.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
89.4%
5.4%
0.0%
5.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
91.1%
4.6%
0.0%
4.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
89.3%
7.5%
0.0%
3.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
90.8%
7.0%
0.0%
2.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
91.5%
8.1%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
90.4%
9.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
90.0%
7.8%
0.8%
0.6%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
91.9%
5.7%
1.0%
0.8%
0.6%
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 2010 at 92.2% and lowest in 2014 at 87.5%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 91.9% in 2009 and 91.9% in 2024. It has risen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Goliad County: its share of workers rose from 3.4% in 2009 to 5.7% in 2024, up 2.3 percentage points.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.9% to 0.8% of workers (down 3.1 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2017 release and has stayed ahead since.
Working from home peaked at 9.4% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 5.7%.
Commute Start Times in Goliad County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Goliad County?
The bars show when commuters in Goliad 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 AMGoliad County6.1%Texas5.5%
6.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMGoliad County4.0%Texas4.4%
4.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMGoliad County8.5%Texas5.1%
8.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMGoliad County14.4%Texas9.3%
14.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMGoliad County8.6%Texas9.3%
8.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMGoliad County13.9%Texas15.3%
13.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMGoliad County16.5%Texas11.8%
16.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMGoliad County11.4%Texas11.5%
11.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMGoliad County0.8%Texas4.8%
0.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMGoliad County4.1%Texas6.7%
4.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMGoliad County1.3%Texas3.1%
1.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMGoliad County0.5%Texas1.3%
0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMGoliad County2.6%Texas5.8%
2.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMGoliad County7.5%Texas6.2%
7.5%
Goliad CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Goliad County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 16.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.8% across Texas. Early starts are more common than in Texas: 18.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 50.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (15.9%) 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 Goliad 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 Goliad 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 Goliad 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
Goliad County
Texas
United States
2009
7:14 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:19 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:19 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:12 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:13 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
6:59 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
6:48 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
6:50 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
6:52 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
6:59 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
6:55 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:07 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:14 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:11 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:17 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:18 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Goliad County were on the road by 7:18 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:14 AM). The shift is sharper than across Texas, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Goliad County now leave 19 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 Goliad County has moved 23 minutes later.
How does Goliad County's commute time compare?
Metric
Goliad County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
30.6 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
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
5.7%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
0.8%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Goliad County is 30.6 minutes, longer 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.
Goliad County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Goliad County, TX is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 7,141 residents against a local median of 20,016. The measure that sets Goliad County, TX apart most is one-way commute: 30.6 min, 86% above the local median of 16.5 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves sit within 4.5 min of each other on one-way commute, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Goliad County, TX, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Goliad County, TX has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Goliad County, Texas.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Goliad County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 255 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,897 at a typical national wage. That's 34% more than the typical Texas commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Goliad County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Goliad County, Texas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Goliad County, Texas?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.9% in Texas, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
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).