Lee County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Lee County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lee County spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 197 hours, about 8.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 4% more time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 0.9 minutes.

Lee 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 Lee County would save about 79 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,446 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)
Lee County	23.7 min	47.3 min	197 hrs/yr	$6,115	821
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

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On average, it takes 23.7 minutes to get to work in Lee County. That's 6% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 78% of counties in Texas

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 12.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lee County

• Car: 82.0%
• Worked at Home: 12.6%
• Other: 2.9%
• Walked: 2.0%
• Bicycle: 0.5%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Lee County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lee 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
• Other
• Walked
• Bicycle
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Walked	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	92.1%	2.5%	2.0%	3.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2010	90.8%	3.4%	2.5%	2.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2011	89.2%	3.4%	2.1%	4.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.5%
2012	90.4%	3.7%	1.2%	4.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.5%
2013	88.7%	5.2%	1.3%	4.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.4%
2014	91.4%	4.1%	0.8%	2.9%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2015	92.9%	3.4%	0.5%	2.6%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	91.0%	5.8%	1.0%	1.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
2017	90.7%	6.6%	0.7%	1.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2018	90.1%	5.8%	0.6%	3.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%
2019	86.6%	7.1%	2.8%	2.8%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.3%
2020	84.9%	7.5%	3.6%	3.5%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	81.2%	10.3%	4.6%	2.7%	0.5%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	82.7%	8.3%	5.4%	2.8%	0.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	81.4%	10.5%	5.3%	2.1%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	82.0%	12.6%	2.9%	2.0%	0.5%	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 2015 at 92.9% and lowest in 2021 at 81.2%. Overall it fell from 92.1% in 2009 to 82.0% in 2024, down 10.1 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Lee County: its share of workers rose from 2.5% in 2009 to 12.6% in 2024, up 10.1 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.1% to 2.0% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2013 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Lee County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lee County?

The bars show when commuters in Lee 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 Lee County10.3% Texas5.5%	10.3%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Lee County6.7% Texas4.4%	6.7%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Lee County5.2% Texas5.1%	5.2%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Lee County8.6% Texas9.3%	8.6%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Lee County12.4% Texas9.3%	12.4%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Lee County18.6% Texas15.3%	18.6%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Lee County10.4% Texas11.8%	10.4%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Lee County8.4% Texas11.5%	8.4%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Lee County2.4% Texas4.8%	2.4%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Lee County1.8% Texas6.7%	1.8%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Lee County2.7% Texas3.1%	2.7%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Lee County1.2% Texas1.3%	1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Lee County4.0% Texas5.8%	4.0%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Lee County7.3% Texas6.2%	7.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Lee County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are more common than in Texas: 22.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 49.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.0%) 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 Lee 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 Lee 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 Lee 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.

• Lee County
• Texas
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Lee County	Texas	United States
2009	7:20 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	7:16 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:14 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:12 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:16 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:18 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:11 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:15 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:12 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:10 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:07 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:07 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:10 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:11 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lee County were on the road by 7:11 AM, 9 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:20 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Lee County now leave 27 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Lee County's commute time compare?

Metric	Lee County	Texas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.7 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	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	12.6%	14.4%	15.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Lee County is 23.7 minutes, longer than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 2.0% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Texas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau