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Liberty County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Liberty 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 Liberty County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Liberty County spend about 67 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 280 hours, about 11.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 48% more time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 10.9 minutes.

Liberty County holds about 0.3% of Texas's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Liberty County would save about 112 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,477 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)
Liberty County 33.6 min 67.3 min 280 hrs/yr $8,693 1,217
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
  1. Loving County (3.2 min)
  2. King County (5.8 min)
  3. Terrell County (6.5 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Texas
  1. Bandera County (38.6 min)
  2. San Jacinto County (35.9 min)
  3. Liberty County (33.6 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Liberty County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 33.6 minutes to get to work in Liberty County. That's 50% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 3 slowest counties in Texas

The most common departure window is 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Liberty County

  • Car: 91.2%
  • Worked at Home: 6.8%
  • Other: 1.1%
  • Walked: 0.7%
  • Bicycle: < 0.1%
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Liberty County: 8.1 times less than the Texas average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Liberty County: 257284300.1 times less than the Texas average (0.0% vs 0.9%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Liberty County: 3.2 times less than the Texas average (0.1% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Liberty County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Liberty 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 Other Walked Taxi Bicycle Public Transportation Motorcycle
2009 96.5% 1.6% 0.7% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2010 96.7% 1.7% 0.4% 0.6% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.5%
2011 96.1% 1.4% 0.6% 1.4% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.5%
2012 96.6% 0.7% 0.7% 1.4% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.5%
2013 96.4% 0.7% 0.7% 1.3% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.5%
2014 96.6% 0.4% 0.8% 1.4% 0.0% 0.4% 0.1% 0.2%
2015 96.7% 0.6% 0.8% 1.6% 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
2016 96.8% 0.8% 0.7% 1.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0%
2017 95.3% 2.2% 0.8% 1.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.3% 0.1%
2018 94.5% 2.6% 1.1% 0.9% 0.0% 0.5% 0.2% 0.2%
2019 93.5% 4.1% 0.9% 0.6% 0.0% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
2020 91.7% 5.7% 0.8% 0.8% 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 0.2%
2021 90.2% 6.2% 1.7% 0.8% 0.1% 0.4% 0.4% 0.2%
2022 90.5% 6.5% 1.2% 0.8% 0.0% 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
2023 90.6% 7.1% 1.1% 0.8% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2024 91.2% 6.8% 1.1% 0.7% 0.1% 0.1% 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 96.8% and lowest in 2021 at 90.2%. Overall it fell from 96.5% in 2009 to 91.2% in 2024, down 5.3 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Liberty County: its share of workers rose from 1.6% in 2009 to 6.8% in 2024, up 5.2 percentage points.

Commute Start Times in Liberty County

  • Early BirdThe earliest start among Texas's 254 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:44 AM.
  • Dawn PatrolThe highest share of pre-6 AM departures among Texas's 254 counties: 32.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM.
  • Rush-Hour DodgersThe 2nd-lowest share of rush-hour departures among Texas's 254 counties: only 34.9% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Liberty County?

The bars show when commuters in Liberty 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
15.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
8.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
8.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
13.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
8.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
12.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
6.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
1.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
4.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
4.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
4.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Liberty County is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 15.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 5.5% across Texas. Early starts are more common than in Texas: 32.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Texas: 34.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.3%) 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 Liberty 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 Liberty 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 Liberty 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 Liberty County Texas United States
2009 7:01 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2010 6:56 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2011 6:58 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2012 6:55 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:00 AM 7:32 AM 7:39 AM
2014 6:58 AM 7:32 AM 7:39 AM
2015 6:56 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM
2016 6:54 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM
2017 6:50 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2018 6:53 AM 7:30 AM 7:37 AM
2019 6:46 AM 7:30 AM 7:37 AM
2020 6:42 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2021 6:42 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2022 6:39 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2023 6:40 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM
2024 6:44 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Liberty County were on the road by 6:44 AM, 17 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:01 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Liberty County now leave 54 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 Liberty County has moved 2 minutes earlier.

How does Liberty County's commute time compare?

Metric Liberty County Texas US Average
Avg. Commute Time 33.6 min 22.8 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 6.8% 14.4% 15.0%
Walked 0.7% 1.5% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.9% 3.2%

The average commute time in Liberty County is 33.6 minutes, longer than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Liberty County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Liberty County, TX is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 103,380 residents against a local median of 52,800. Liberty County, TX's one-way commute, at 33.6 min, runs 18% above the 28.6 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 15.3 min on one-way commute, so Liberty County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Liberty County, TX has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Liberty County, TX 103,380 33.6 min #5/6 6.8% #5/6 6:44 AM #1/6
Hardin County, TX 57,642 30.4 min 4.5% 7:00 AM
Chambers County, TX 51,498 28.6 min 7.1% 6:48 AM
San Jacinto County, TX 28,441 35.9 min 7.6% 6:55 AM
Polk County, TX 52,800 20.6 min 7.4% 7:18 AM
Harris County, TX 4,837,278 27.3 min 12.9% 7:28 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Liberty County, Texas.

Is living in Liberty County, Texas good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 280 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,693 at a typical national wage. That's 48% more than the typical Texas commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Liberty County, Texas?

Traffic peaks between 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM in Liberty County, Texas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Liberty 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.

How do commute times compare across 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).