Commuting in Lampasas 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 Lampasas County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Lampasas County spend about 51 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 211 hours, about 8.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 11% more time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 2.5 minutes.
Lampasas 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 Lampasas County would save about 84 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,613 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)
Lampasas County
25.3 min
50.6 min
211 hrs/yr
$6,533
1,406
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
25.3
minutes to get to work in
Lampasas County.
That's 13% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 80% 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 9.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Lampasas County
Car:
87.8%
Worked at Home:
9.0%
Other:
1.3%
Walked:
1.3%
Public Transportation:
0.4%
Bicycle:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Lampasas County: 10.2 times less than the Texas average (0.0% vs 0.1%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Lampasas County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Commute Mode Trends in Lampasas County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Lampasas 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
Other
Public Transportation
Bicycle
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
92.3%
2.2%
3.5%
1.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2010
92.3%
3.6%
2.3%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
2011
90.5%
5.1%
2.8%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2012
90.1%
5.0%
2.9%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2013
90.6%
5.3%
1.9%
1.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2014
91.7%
3.9%
2.6%
1.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.4%
2015
91.0%
2.9%
2.7%
2.8%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
2016
92.2%
2.4%
2.2%
2.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
2017
91.3%
2.7%
2.7%
2.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.6%
2018
91.7%
3.6%
2.3%
1.8%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.6%
2019
92.8%
3.8%
1.6%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2020
92.9%
4.0%
2.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2021
92.2%
4.7%
1.9%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2022
90.5%
5.9%
1.5%
2.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
89.6%
7.2%
1.3%
1.6%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
87.8%
9.0%
1.3%
1.3%
0.4%
0.3%
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 92.9%. Overall it fell from 92.3% in 2009 to 87.8% in 2024, down 4.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Lampasas County: its share of workers rose from 2.2% in 2009 to 9.0% in 2024, up 6.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.5% to 1.3% of workers (down 2.2 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Lampasas County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lampasas County?
The bars show when commuters in Lampasas 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 AMLampasas County5.3%Texas5.5%
5.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMLampasas County3.6%Texas4.4%
3.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMLampasas County5.6%Texas5.1%
5.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMLampasas County10.2%Texas9.3%
10.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMLampasas County11.7%Texas9.3%
11.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMLampasas County17.6%Texas15.3%
17.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMLampasas County15.5%Texas11.8%
15.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMLampasas County7.5%Texas11.5%
7.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMLampasas County1.5%Texas4.8%
1.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMLampasas County2.6%Texas6.7%
2.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMLampasas County4.4%Texas3.1%
4.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMLampasas County2.2%Texas1.3%
2.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMLampasas County5.2%Texas5.8%
5.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMLampasas County7.0%Texas6.2%
7.0%
Lampasas CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Lampasas County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are about as common as in Texas: 14.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 52.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.4%) 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 Lampasas 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 Lampasas 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 Lampasas 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
Lampasas County
Texas
United States
2009
7:13 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:12 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:13 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:12 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:11 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:15 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:22 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:21 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:24 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:28 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:28 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:24 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:26 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:27 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:26 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:23 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Lampasas County were on the road by 7:23 AM, 11 minutes later than in 2009 (7:13 AM). The shift is sharper than across Texas, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Lampasas County now leave 15 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 Lampasas County has moved 5 minutes earlier.
How does Lampasas County's commute time compare?
Metric
Lampasas County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
25.3 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
9.0%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
1.3%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.4%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Lampasas County is 25.3 minutes, longer than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 1.3% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.
Lampasas County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Lampasas County, TX is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 22,709 residents against a local median of 8,406. Lampasas County, TX's one-way commute, at 25.3 min, runs 50% above the 16.9 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 12.3 min on one-way commute, so Lampasas County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Lampasas County, TX has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Lampasas County, Texas.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Lampasas County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 211 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,533 at a typical national wage. That's 11% more than the typical Texas commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Lampasas County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Lampasas 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).