Kenedy County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Kenedy County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Kenedy 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 142 hours, about 5.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 25% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 5.8 minutes.

Kenedy 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 Kenedy County would save about 57 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,757 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)
Kenedy County	17.0 min	34.0 min	142 hrs/yr	$4,392	711
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.

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On average, it takes 17.0 minutes to get to work in Kenedy 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 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 14.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Kenedy County

• Car: 82.1%
• Worked at Home: 14.3%
• Walked: 3.6%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Other: < 0.1%

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Kenedy County, versus 0.1% in Texas.

Public transit is essentially absent in Kenedy County, versus 0.9% in Texas.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Kenedy County, versus 0.2% in Texas.

Biking is essentially absent in Kenedy County, versus 0.2% in Texas.

Commute Mode Trends in Kenedy County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Kenedy 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.

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• Worked at Home
• Walked
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle
• Other

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Other
2009	84.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	15.6%
2010	90.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	9.6%
2011	94.1%	0.8%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	4.2%
2012	93.9%	0.6%	5.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	94.3%	0.0%	5.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	96.4%	0.0%	3.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	94.6%	0.0%	5.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	93.3%	0.0%	6.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	97.2%	0.0%	2.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	96.3%	0.0%	3.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	97.1%	0.0%	2.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	98.4%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	95.7%	2.2%	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	88.0%	4.0%	8.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	82.1%	14.3%	3.6%	0.0%	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 peaked in 2020 at 100.0%. Overall it fell from 84.4% in 2009 to 82.1% in 2024, down 2.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Kenedy County: its share of workers rose from 0.0% in 2009 to 14.3% in 2024, up 14.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 14.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking peaked at 8.0% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 3.6%.

Commute Start Times in Kenedy County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Kenedy County?

The bars show when commuters in Kenedy 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 Kenedy County0.0% Texas5.5%	0.0%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Kenedy County0.0% Texas4.4%	0.0%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Kenedy County10.4% Texas5.1%	10.4%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Kenedy County20.8% Texas9.3%	20.8%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Kenedy County4.2% Texas9.3%	4.2%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Kenedy County52.1% Texas15.3%	52.1%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Kenedy County6.3% Texas11.8%	6.3%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Kenedy County0.0% Texas11.5%	0.0%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Kenedy County2.1% Texas4.8%	2.1%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Kenedy County0.0% Texas6.7%	0.0%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Kenedy County0.0% Texas3.1%	0.0%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Kenedy County0.0% Texas1.3%	0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Kenedy County4.2% Texas5.8%	4.2%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Kenedy County0.0% Texas6.2%	0.0%

Kenedy County Texas Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Kenedy County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 52.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are less common than in Texas: 10.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 62.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 24 commuters (4.2%) 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 Kenedy 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 Kenedy 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 Kenedy 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.

• Kenedy County
• Texas
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Kenedy County	Texas	United States
2009	7:09 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:08 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:08 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:07 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:04 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:02 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:07 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:09 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:15 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:28 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:30 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:23 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:20 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:08 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:03 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:08 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Kenedy County were on the road by 7:08 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Texas, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Kenedy County now leave 29 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 Kenedy County has moved 21 minutes earlier.

How does Kenedy County's commute time compare?

Metric	Kenedy County	Texas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	17.0 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	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	14.3%	14.4%	15.0%
Walked	3.6%	1.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Kenedy County is 17.0 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 3.6% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Texas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau