Commuting in Hardeman County, Texas: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
You9/24/26, 8:26 PM
Is the commute in Hardeman County longer than the national average?
Map AI9/24/26, 8:26 PM
Commute Time Burden in Hardeman County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Hardeman County spend about 25 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 105 hours, about 4.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 44% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 10.1 minutes.
Hardeman 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 Hardeman County would save about 42 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,308 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)
Hardeman County
12.7 min
25.3 min
105 hrs/yr
$3,270
240
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
12.7
minutes to get to work in
Hardeman County.
That's 44% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 81% of counties in Texas
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 7.9% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Hardeman County
Car:
89.6%
Worked at Home:
7.9%
Walked:
2.3%
Other:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Hardeman County, versus 0.1% in Texas.
Public transit is essentially absent in Hardeman County, versus 0.9% in Texas.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Hardeman County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Biking is essentially absent in Hardeman County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Commute Mode Trends in Hardeman County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Hardeman 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
89.7%
2.7%
0.0%
6.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
2010
93.5%
2.9%
1.2%
2.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2011
87.6%
4.6%
2.3%
3.3%
1.2%
0.0%
1.1%
0.0%
2012
86.4%
4.0%
2.7%
2.5%
2.5%
0.0%
1.9%
0.0%
2013
86.6%
4.3%
3.1%
3.3%
1.1%
0.0%
1.5%
0.0%
2014
89.0%
3.7%
2.8%
1.1%
1.6%
0.0%
1.9%
0.0%
2015
91.3%
0.9%
1.8%
3.0%
1.1%
0.0%
1.9%
0.0%
2016
96.1%
0.4%
0.8%
2.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
97.4%
0.0%
0.5%
2.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
97.7%
0.0%
0.7%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
2019
97.2%
0.0%
0.7%
1.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
2020
97.1%
1.5%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
2021
95.4%
1.8%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
0.0%
2022
93.1%
3.8%
2.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
2023
93.2%
4.4%
2.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
89.6%
7.9%
2.3%
0.2%
0.0%
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 2018 at 97.7% and lowest in 2012 at 86.4%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 89.7% in 2009 and 89.6% in 2024. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Hardeman County: its share of workers rose from 2.7% in 2009 to 7.9% in 2024, up 5.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Biking lost the most ground, falling from 0.8% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.8 percentage points).
Walking overtook biking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2010 release and has stayed ahead since.
Public transit peaked at 2.5% in 2012 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.
Commute Start Times in Hardeman County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hardeman County?
The bars show when commuters in Hardeman 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 AMHardeman County0.8%Texas5.5%
0.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMHardeman County2.8%Texas4.4%
2.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMHardeman County1.8%Texas5.1%
1.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMHardeman County10.8%Texas9.3%
10.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMHardeman County13.2%Texas9.3%
13.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMHardeman County24.0%Texas15.3%
24.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMHardeman County19.5%Texas11.8%
19.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMHardeman County8.5%Texas11.5%
8.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMHardeman County1.6%Texas4.8%
1.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMHardeman County5.6%Texas6.7%
5.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMHardeman County1.4%Texas3.1%
1.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMHardeman County0.0%Texas1.3%
0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMHardeman County5.2%Texas5.8%
5.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMHardeman County4.7%Texas6.2%
4.7%
Hardeman CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Hardeman County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 24.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are less common than in Texas: 5.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 65.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.9%) 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 Hardeman 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 Hardeman 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 Hardeman 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
Hardeman County
Texas
United States
2009
7:58 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:55 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:50 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:53 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:51 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:48 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:29 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:35 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:39 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:40 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:38 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:35 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:28 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:23 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:22 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:26 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Hardeman County were on the road by 7:26 AM, 32 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:58 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Hardeman County now leave 12 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 Hardeman County has moved 12 minutes earlier.
How does Hardeman County's commute time compare?
Metric
Hardeman County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
12.7 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
7.9%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
2.3%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Hardeman County is 12.7 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 2.3% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Texas.
Hardeman County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Hardeman County, TX is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 3,501 residents against a local median of 6,743. Where Hardeman County, TX breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 94% above the local median of 4.1% at 7.9%.
The counties themselves spread 9.7% on work from home, so Hardeman County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Hardeman County, TX has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Hardeman County, Texas.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Hardeman County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 105 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,270 at a typical national wage. That's 44% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Hardeman County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Hardeman 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 Hardeman 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.
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).