La Salle County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in La Salle 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 La Salle County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in La Salle County spend about 15 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 64 hours, about 2.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 66% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 15.1 minutes.

La Salle 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 La Salle County would save about 26 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $797 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)
La Salle County	7.7 min	15.4 min	64 hrs/yr	$1,992	246
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.

Commute Time Map: Texas Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Texas

Loving County (3.2 min)
King County (5.8 min)
Terrell County (6.5 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Texas

Bandera County (38.6 min)
San Jacinto County (35.9 min)
Liberty County (33.6 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

La Salle County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 7.7 minutes to get to work in La Salle County. That's 66% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by other means. About 4.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in La Salle County

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

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

Working from home is unusually rare in La Salle County: 3.3 times less than the Texas average (4.3% vs 14.4%).

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

Commute Mode Trends in La Salle County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in La Salle 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	Other	Worked at Home	Public Transportation	Walked	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	88.6%	1.1%	4.8%	0.4%	5.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	87.6%	1.5%	5.3%	0.0%	5.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	86.0%	3.2%	5.6%	0.0%	5.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	87.8%	3.2%	5.2%	0.0%	3.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	88.1%	4.2%	4.5%	0.0%	3.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	94.2%	2.9%	1.9%	0.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	91.1%	2.7%	2.4%	0.0%	3.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	96.7%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	3.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	95.0%	0.2%	3.2%	0.0%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	94.0%	1.1%	2.5%	0.0%	2.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	91.9%	2.4%	2.8%	0.0%	2.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	91.1%	2.0%	5.2%	0.0%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	89.1%	2.1%	7.1%	0.0%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	92.3%	3.5%	2.4%	0.6%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	91.4%	2.8%	3.8%	0.8%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	89.1%	4.8%	4.3%	1.0%	0.7%	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 2016 at 96.7% and lowest in 2011 at 86.0%. Overall it rose from 88.6% in 2009 to 89.1% in 2024, up 0.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Public transit gained the most ground in La Salle County: its share of workers rose from 0.4% in 2009 to 1.0% in 2024, up 0.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.1% to 0.7% of workers (down 4.4 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 7.1% in 2021 and has since fallen back to 4.3%.

Commute Start Times in La Salle County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in La Salle County?

The bars show when commuters in La Salle 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		2.6%
5:00-5:29 AM		11.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		2.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.5%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		10.5%
8:00-8:29 AM		19.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		2.7%
9:00-9:59 AM		2.6%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.4%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.8%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in La Salle County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 19.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.5% across Texas. Early starts are more common than in Texas: 16.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 52.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.6%) 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 La Salle 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 La Salle 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 La Salle 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	La Salle County	Texas	United States
2009	7:25 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:19 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:12 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:15 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:21 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:46 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:45 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:02 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:02 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:48 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:13 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:27 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:16 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:21 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:45 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:40 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in La Salle County were on the road by 7:40 AM, 14 minutes later than in 2009 (7:25 AM). The shift is sharper than across Texas, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in La Salle 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 La Salle County has moved 26 minutes later.

How does La Salle County's commute time compare?

Metric	La Salle County	Texas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	7.7 min	22.8 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	4.3%	14.4%	15.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.0%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in La Salle County is 7.7 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

1.0% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.9% in Texas. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

La Salle County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

La Salle County, TX is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 6,839 residents against a local median of 18,582. Where La Salle County, TX breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 53% below the local median of 16.3 min at 7.7 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 4.3% against a local median of 5.8%, 26% below it. The counties themselves spread 9.6 min on one-way commute, so La Salle County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. La Salle County, TX has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
La Salle County, TX	6,839	7.7 min #1/6	4.3% #5/6	7:40 AM #5/6
Frio County, TX	18,582	16.3 min	1.7%	7:20 AM
McMullen County, TX	700	16.3 min	13.9%	7:20 AM
Webb County, TX	269,285	18.5 min	5.8%	8:03 AM
Dimmit County, TX	8,380	15.9 min	5.6%	7:11 AM
Atascosa County, TX	51,008	25.5 min	9.1%	7:13 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in La Salle County, Texas.

How much does the average commute cost workers in La Salle County, Texas?

Commuters here spend an estimated 64 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $1,992 at a typical national wage. That's 66% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in La Salle County, Texas?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in La Salle County, Texas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Which counties in Texas have the fastest and slowest commutes?

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).