Commuting in Hopkins 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 Hopkins County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Hopkins County spend about 34 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 141 hours, about 5.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 26% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 5.9 minutes.
Hopkins County holds about 0.1% of Texas's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Hopkins County would save about 56 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,749 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)
Hopkins County
16.9 min
33.9 min
141 hrs/yr
$4,373
639
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
16.9
minutes to get to work in
Hopkins County.
That's 24% 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 7.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Hopkins County
Car:
88.9%
Worked at Home:
7.2%
Other:
1.7%
Walked:
1.5%
Public Transportation:
0.7%
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Hopkins County, versus 0.1% in Texas.
Biking is essentially absent in Hopkins County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Commute Mode Trends in Hopkins County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Hopkins 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
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
86.9%
8.3%
0.5%
3.9%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2010
86.4%
9.2%
0.4%
3.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
0.1%
2011
88.2%
9.0%
0.5%
2.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2012
87.7%
9.0%
0.5%
2.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.4%
0.2%
2013
89.8%
6.9%
0.5%
2.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.2%
2014
90.2%
6.4%
0.5%
2.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.1%
2015
91.9%
4.5%
0.5%
2.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2016
92.5%
4.4%
0.5%
2.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2017
93.2%
3.5%
0.6%
2.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2018
95.1%
2.9%
0.4%
1.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2019
94.7%
3.6%
0.2%
0.8%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
2020
94.6%
3.5%
0.3%
1.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
93.2%
4.1%
0.6%
1.0%
0.9%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2022
91.7%
5.4%
0.5%
1.5%
0.8%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
89.6%
7.1%
1.1%
1.3%
0.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
88.9%
7.2%
1.7%
1.5%
0.7%
0.1%
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 95.1% and lowest in 2010 at 86.4%. Overall it rose from 86.9% in 2009 to 88.9% in 2024, up 2.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.
Public transit gained the most ground in Hopkins 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, 0.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.9% to 1.5% of workers (down 2.4 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Hopkins County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hopkins County?
The bars show when commuters in Hopkins 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 AMHopkins County8.9%Texas5.5%
8.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMHopkins County5.7%Texas4.4%
5.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMHopkins County6.6%Texas5.1%
6.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMHopkins County7.5%Texas9.3%
7.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMHopkins County7.6%Texas9.3%
7.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMHopkins County19.2%Texas15.3%
19.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMHopkins County14.7%Texas11.8%
14.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMHopkins County10.2%Texas11.5%
10.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMHopkins County3.2%Texas4.8%
3.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMHopkins County3.9%Texas6.7%
3.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMHopkins County1.2%Texas3.1%
1.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMHopkins County1.3%Texas1.3%
1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMHopkins County3.8%Texas5.8%
3.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMHopkins County6.2%Texas6.2%
6.2%
Hopkins CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Hopkins County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are more common than in Texas: 21.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 51.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.4%) 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 Hopkins 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 Hopkins 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 Hopkins 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
Hopkins County
Texas
United States
2009
7:23 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:23 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:25 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:30 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:27 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:33 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:32 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:30 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:27 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:27 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:27 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:25 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:25 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:21 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:21 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:21 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Hopkins County were on the road by 7:21 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:23 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Hopkins County now leave 17 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 Hopkins County has moved 6 minutes earlier.
How does Hopkins County's commute time compare?
Metric
Hopkins County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
16.9 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
7.2%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
1.5%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.7%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Hopkins County is 16.9 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as Texas.
Hopkins County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Hopkins County, TX is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 37,784 residents against a local median of 12,775. The measure that sets Hopkins County, TX apart most is one-way commute: 16.9 min, 28% below the local median of 23.6 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 7.2% against a local median of 9.4%, 23% below it. The counties themselves spread 14.5 min on one-way commute, so Hopkins County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Hopkins County, TX has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Hopkins County, Texas.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Hopkins County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 141 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,373 at a typical national wage. That's 26% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Hopkins County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Hopkins 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.
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).