Live Oak County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Live Oak County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Live Oak County spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 152 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 4.6 minutes.

Live Oak 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 Live Oak County would save about 61 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,885 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)
Live Oak County	18.2 min	36.5 min	152 hrs/yr	$4,712	350
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.

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On average, it takes 18.2 minutes to get to work in Live Oak County. That's 19% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 8.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Live Oak County

• Car: 90.2%
• Worked at Home: 8.5%
• Walked: 1.1%
• Other: 0.1%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

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

Biking is essentially absent in Live Oak County, versus 0.2% in Texas.

Commute Mode Trends in Live Oak County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Live Oak 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
• Walked
• Other
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	86.4%	3.4%	1.7%	7.8%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	85.5%	3.9%	1.6%	7.4%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	85.3%	5.4%	1.5%	6.5%	1.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2012	83.9%	7.6%	1.5%	6.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2013	90.0%	4.8%	1.3%	3.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2014	89.7%	7.3%	1.3%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%
2015	90.4%	6.5%	1.4%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2016	90.2%	6.7%	1.6%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	90.2%	5.7%	1.7%	2.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	90.1%	6.1%	2.1%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	88.6%	5.9%	1.3%	3.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2020	88.6%	6.6%	1.1%	3.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	89.3%	6.5%	1.5%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2022	88.4%	8.7%	1.0%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2023	88.2%	9.5%	0.7%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	90.2%	8.5%	1.1%	0.1%	0.0%	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 90.4% and lowest in 2012 at 83.9%. Overall it rose from 86.4% in 2009 to 90.2% in 2024, up 3.8 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Live Oak County: its share of workers rose from 3.4% in 2009 to 8.5% in 2024, up 5.1 percentage points.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.7% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Working from home peaked at 9.5% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 8.5%.

Commute Start Times in Live Oak County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Live Oak County?

The bars show when commuters in Live Oak 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 Live Oak County7.0% Texas5.5%	7.0%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Live Oak County3.5% Texas4.4%	3.5%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Live Oak County4.9% Texas5.1%	4.9%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Live Oak County10.3% Texas9.3%	10.3%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Live Oak County13.4% Texas9.3%	13.4%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Live Oak County23.7% Texas15.3%	23.7%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Live Oak County12.7% Texas11.8%	12.7%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Live Oak County9.1% Texas11.5%	9.1%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Live Oak County1.0% Texas4.8%	1.0%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Live Oak County4.6% Texas6.7%	4.6%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Live Oak County3.3% Texas3.1%	3.3%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Live Oak County1.4% Texas1.3%	1.4%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Live Oak County3.3% Texas5.8%	3.3%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Live Oak County1.7% Texas6.2%	1.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Live Oak County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 23.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are about as common as in Texas: 15.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 58.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.4%) 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 Live Oak 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 Live Oak 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 Live Oak 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.

• Live Oak County
• Texas
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Live Oak County	Texas	United States
2009	7:14 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:19 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:19 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:17 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:15 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:14 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:13 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:12 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:14 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:19 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:13 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:09 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:04 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:07 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:14 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:14 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Live Oak County were on the road by 7:14 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Texas, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Live Oak County now leave 24 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Live Oak County's commute time compare?

Metric	Live Oak County	Texas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.2 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	8.5%	14.4%	15.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Live Oak County is 18.2 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau