Commuting in Lamb 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 Lamb County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Lamb County spend about 22 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 91 hours, about 3.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 52% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 11.8 minutes.
Lamb 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 Lamb County would save about 37 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,132 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)
Lamb County
11.0 min
21.9 min
91 hrs/yr
$2,830
207
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
11.0
minutes to get to work in
Lamb County.
That's 51% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 87% 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 4.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Lamb County
Car:
94.4%
Worked at Home:
4.0%unusually low
Walked:
0.7%
Public Transportation:
0.5%
Other:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Lamb County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Working from home is unusually rare in Lamb County: 3.6 times less than the Texas average (4.0% vs 14.4%).
Biking is essentially absent in Lamb County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Commute Mode Trends in Lamb County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Lamb 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
Public Transportation
Other
Motorcycle
Taxi
Bicycle
2009
91.7%
3.6%
3.9%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
92.4%
3.7%
3.6%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
91.3%
4.0%
4.0%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
90.4%
3.6%
4.8%
0.0%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
89.9%
3.9%
5.0%
0.0%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
91.0%
3.5%
4.6%
0.0%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
90.2%
3.3%
4.0%
0.0%
2.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
89.9%
3.2%
4.8%
0.0%
2.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
91.2%
3.6%
2.0%
0.1%
3.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
88.2%
4.5%
1.4%
0.2%
5.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
89.2%
3.8%
1.1%
0.2%
5.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
90.5%
3.4%
1.0%
0.1%
5.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
90.1%
3.5%
1.8%
0.3%
4.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
91.6%
4.0%
0.8%
0.8%
2.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
93.2%
4.6%
0.7%
0.6%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
94.4%
4.0%
0.7%
0.5%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2018 at 88.2%. Overall it rose from 91.7% in 2009 to 94.4% in 2024, up 2.7 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 3 releases.
Public transit gained the most ground in Lamb County: its share of workers rose from 0.0% in 2009 to 0.5% in 2024, up 0.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 0.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.9% to 0.7% of workers (down 3.2 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2017 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Lamb County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lamb County?
The bars show when commuters in Lamb 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 AMLamb County6.9%Texas5.5%
6.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMLamb County8.0%Texas4.4%
8.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMLamb County3.6%Texas5.1%
3.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMLamb County8.2%Texas9.3%
8.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMLamb County6.9%Texas9.3%
6.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMLamb County16.0%Texas15.3%
16.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMLamb County12.9%Texas11.8%
12.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMLamb County12.4%Texas11.5%
12.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMLamb County2.8%Texas4.8%
2.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMLamb County6.7%Texas6.7%
6.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMLamb County1.6%Texas3.1%
1.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMLamb County0.1%Texas1.3%
0.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMLamb County6.2%Texas5.8%
6.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMLamb County7.7%Texas6.2%
7.7%
Lamb CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Lamb County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are more common than in Texas: 18.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Texas's: 48.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (22.2%) 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 Lamb 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 Lamb 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 Lamb 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
Lamb County
Texas
United States
2009
7:39 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:40 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:39 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:39 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:36 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:36 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:35 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:32 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:31 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:34 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:35 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:31 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:33 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:24 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:30 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:31 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Lamb County were on the road by 7:31 AM, 9 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:39 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Lamb County now leave 7 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 Lamb County has moved 4 minutes earlier.
How does Lamb County's commute time compare?
Metric
Lamb County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
11.0 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
4.0%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
0.7%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.5%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Lamb County is 11.0 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.5% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.
Lamb County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Lamb County, TX is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 12,828 residents against a local median of 9,731. The measure that sets Lamb County, TX apart most is work from home: 4.0%, 23% above the local median of 3.2%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 11.0 min against a local median of 13.9 min, 21% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 21% below the local median it puts Lamb County, TX at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 4.5% on work from home, so Lamb County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Lamb County, TX has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Lamb County, Texas.
Is commuting expensive in Lamb County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 91 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,830 at a typical national wage. That's 52% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Lamb County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Lamb 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.
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).