Commuting in Kimble 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 Kimble County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Kimble County spend about 32 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 132 hours, about 5.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 31% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 7.0 minutes.
Kimble 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 Kimble County would save about 53 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,631 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)
Kimble County
15.8 min
31.6 min
132 hrs/yr
$4,077
125
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
15.8
minutes to get to work in
Kimble County.
That's 30% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Kimble County
Car:
92.2%
Worked at Home:
6.3%
Bicycle:
0.6%
Motorcycle:
0.4%unusually high
Walked:
0.4%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Other:
< 0.1%
Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Kimble County: 4.1 times more than the Texas average (0.4% vs 0.1%).
Walking is unusually rare in Kimble County: 3.3 times less than the Texas average (0.4% vs 1.5%).
Public transit is essentially absent in Kimble County, versus 0.9% in Texas.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Kimble County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Commute Mode Trends in Kimble County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Kimble 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
Bicycle
Motorcycle
Walked
Public Transportation
Taxi
Other
2009
88.9%
4.8%
0.4%
0.0%
5.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
87.6%
4.1%
0.4%
0.0%
7.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
87.2%
4.3%
0.3%
0.0%
8.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
90.1%
4.2%
0.0%
0.0%
5.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
2013
90.9%
3.8%
0.2%
0.0%
4.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
2014
92.2%
3.3%
0.1%
0.0%
3.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.3%
2015
93.2%
3.0%
0.1%
0.0%
1.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2.1%
2016
91.9%
2.9%
0.1%
0.0%
3.5%
0.0%
0.0%
1.5%
2017
92.0%
3.4%
0.2%
0.0%
3.3%
0.0%
0.0%
1.2%
2018
90.4%
4.6%
0.0%
0.0%
3.9%
0.3%
0.0%
0.7%
2019
91.6%
4.6%
0.0%
0.0%
3.2%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
92.3%
3.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2.7%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
92.7%
4.4%
1.3%
0.0%
1.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
94.2%
3.1%
1.0%
0.0%
1.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
95.2%
3.0%
1.2%
0.0%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
92.2%
6.3%
0.6%
0.4%
0.4%
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 2023 at 95.2% and lowest in 2011 at 87.2%. Overall it rose from 88.9% in 2009 to 92.2% in 2024, up 3.3 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Kimble County: its share of workers rose from 4.8% in 2009 to 6.3% in 2024, up 1.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.8% to 0.4% of workers (down 5.4 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2017 release and has stayed ahead since.
Public transit peaked at 1.1% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.
Commute Start Times in Kimble County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Kimble County?
The bars show when commuters in Kimble 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 AMKimble County3.7%Texas5.5%
3.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMKimble County9.3%Texas4.4%
9.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMKimble County1.5%Texas5.1%
1.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMKimble County5.1%Texas9.3%
5.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMKimble County11.1%Texas9.3%
11.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMKimble County13.9%Texas15.3%
13.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMKimble County16.4%Texas11.8%
16.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMKimble County14.7%Texas11.5%
14.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMKimble County7.5%Texas4.8%
7.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMKimble County7.7%Texas6.7%
7.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMKimble County2.5%Texas3.1%
2.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMKimble County0.5%Texas1.3%
0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMKimble County4.1%Texas5.8%
4.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMKimble County2.0%Texas6.2%
2.0%
Kimble CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Kimble County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 16.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.8% across Texas. Early starts are about as common as in Texas: 14.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 56.0% 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 Kimble 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 Kimble 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 Kimble 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
Kimble County
Texas
United States
2009
7:37 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:33 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:37 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:43 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:45 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:48 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:44 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:40 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:36 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
7:44 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:39 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:42 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:39 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:40 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Kimble County were on the road by 7:40 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:37 AM). The shift is sharper than across Texas, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Kimble County now leave 2 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Kimble County has moved 13 minutes later.
How does Kimble County's commute time compare?
Metric
Kimble County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
15.8 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
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
6.3%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
0.4%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Kimble County is 15.8 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 0.4% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.
Kimble County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Kimble County, TX is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 4,389 residents against a local median of 2,802. The measure that sets Kimble County, TX apart most is work from home: 6.3%, 38% below the local median of 10.2%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 15.8 min against a local median of 11.9 min, 33% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 33% above the local median it puts Kimble County, TX at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 16.1% on work from home, so Kimble County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Kimble County, TX has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Kimble County, Texas.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Kimble County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 132 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,077 at a typical national wage. That's 31% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Kimble County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Kimble County, Texas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Kimble 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).