Commuting in Hartley 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 Hartley County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Hartley County spend about 17 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 73 hours, about 3.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 62% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 14.1 minutes.
Hartley 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 Hartley County would save about 29 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $902 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)
Hartley County
8.7 min
17.5 min
73 hrs/yr
$2,255
447
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
8.7
minutes to get to work in
Hartley County.
That's 61% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 92% 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 5.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Hartley County
Car:
90.9%
Worked at Home:
5.5%
Walked:
3.0%
Bicycle:
0.6%
Other:
< 0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Hartley County, versus 0.1% in Texas.
Public transit is essentially absent in Hartley County, versus 0.9% in Texas.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Hartley County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Commute Mode Trends in Hartley County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Hartley 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
Bicycle
Other
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
88.5%
6.3%
2.9%
0.0%
1.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.6%
2010
90.3%
4.5%
3.0%
0.0%
1.6%
0.3%
0.0%
0.3%
2011
89.5%
5.1%
3.2%
0.5%
1.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
89.8%
4.5%
3.4%
0.7%
1.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
90.6%
4.3%
3.4%
0.5%
0.9%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
91.1%
4.3%
3.6%
0.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
90.7%
5.4%
2.7%
0.6%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
91.9%
4.7%
2.5%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2017
92.3%
4.7%
2.3%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2018
93.4%
3.5%
2.4%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
2019
95.5%
2.1%
2.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2020
94.6%
2.2%
2.6%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2021
95.4%
2.3%
2.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
90.7%
5.1%
4.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
91.2%
4.4%
3.9%
0.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
90.9%
5.5%
3.0%
0.6%
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 peaked in 2019 at 95.5%. Overall it rose from 88.5% in 2009 to 90.9% in 2024, up 2.4 percentage points.
Biking gained the most ground in Hartley County: its share of workers rose from 0.0% in 2009 to 0.6% in 2024, up 0.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 0.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 6.3% to 5.5% of workers (down 0.8 percentage points).
Biking overtook public transit to become the 4th most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.
Walking peaked at 4.1% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 3.0%.
Commute Start Times in Hartley County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hartley County?
The bars show when commuters in Hartley 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 AMHartley County2.9%Texas5.5%
2.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMHartley County2.1%Texas4.4%
2.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMHartley County1.9%Texas5.1%
1.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMHartley County4.9%Texas9.3%
4.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMHartley County3.4%Texas9.3%
3.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMHartley County29.5%Texas15.3%
29.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMHartley County20.6%Texas11.8%
20.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMHartley County13.2%Texas11.5%
13.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMHartley County2.7%Texas4.8%
2.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMHartley County11.1%Texas6.7%
11.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMHartley County1.0%Texas3.1%
1.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMHartley County0.1%Texas1.3%
0.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMHartley County3.2%Texas5.8%
3.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMHartley County3.4%Texas6.2%
3.4%
Hartley CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Hartley County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 29.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are less common than in Texas: 6.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 66.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.8%) 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 Hartley 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 Hartley 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 Hartley 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
Hartley County
Texas
United States
2009
7:40 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:36 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:29 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:28 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:31 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:33 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:31 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:36 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:32 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:35 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:32 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:31 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:25 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:31 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:25 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:38 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Hartley County were on the road by 7:38 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:40 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Hartley County now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Hartley County has moved 6 minutes later.
How does Hartley County's commute time compare?
Metric
Hartley County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
8.7 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
5.5%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
3.0%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Hartley County is 8.7 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 3.0% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Texas.
Hartley County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Hartley County, TX is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 5,215 residents against a local median of 7,298. The measure that sets Hartley County, TX apart most is one-way commute: 8.7 min, 43% below the local median of 15.3 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 5.5% against a local median of 4.4%, 24% above it. The counties themselves spread 17.3 min on one-way commute, so Hartley County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Hartley County, TX has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Hartley County, Texas.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Hartley County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 73 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,255 at a typical national wage. That's 62% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Hartley County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Hartley 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.
How common is public transit use in Hartley 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.
How do commute times compare across 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).