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Commute Time Burden in Loving County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Loving County spend about 7 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 27 hours, about 1.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 86% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 19.5 minutes.

Loving 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 Loving County would save about 11 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $336 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)
Loving County 3.2 min 6.5 min 27 hrs/yr $840 1,463
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

Loving County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 3.2 minutes to get to work in Loving County. That's 85% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Fastest county in Texas

The most common departure window is 08:30 AM – 08:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 0.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Loving County

  • Car: 96.2%
  • Walked: 3.8%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Worked at Home: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Other: < 0.1%

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

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

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

Working from home is essentially absent in Loving County, versus 14.4% in Texas.

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

Commute Mode Trends in Loving County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Loving 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 Walked Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle Other Worked at Home
2009 85.1% 8.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6.8%
2010 80.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 19.4%
2011 67.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 32.1%
2012 76.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 23.1%
2013 81.0% 3.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 15.9%
2014 75.4% 7.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 17.5%
2015 75.8% 8.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 16.1%
2016 89.7% 5.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.1%
2017 84.6% 7.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 7.7%
2018 91.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 8.3%
2019 81.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 18.2%
2020 84.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 15.5%
2021 73.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 26.9%
2022 74.4% 5.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 20.5%
2023 70.0% 3.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 26.7%
2024 96.2% 3.8% 0.0% 0.0% 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 bottomed out in 2011 at 67.9%. Overall it rose from 85.1% in 2009 to 96.2% in 2024, up 11.1 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 6.8% to 0.0% of workers (down 6.8 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Loving County

  • Night OwlThe latest start among Texas's 254 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 8:43 AM.
  • Rush-Hour DodgersThe lowest share of rush-hour departures among Texas's 254 counties: only 19.2% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
  • Hitting SnoozeThe biggest shift to later mornings among Texas's 254 counties: the typical start is 94 minutes later than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Loving County?

The bars show when commuters in Loving 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
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5:00-5:29 AM
0.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
0.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
0.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
0.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
0.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
0.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
19.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
73.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
7.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
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4:00-11:59 PM
0.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Loving County is 8:30-8:59 AM, when 73.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 4.8% across Texas. The morning rush is more spread out than in Texas: 19.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 13 commuters (7.7%) 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 Loving 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 Loving 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 Loving 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 Loving County Texas United States
2009 7:08 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:25 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:28 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2012 6:40 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:15 AM 7:32 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:12 AM 7:32 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:18 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:29 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM
2017 8:09 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2018 8:01 AM 7:30 AM 7:37 AM
2019 8:08 AM 7:30 AM 7:37 AM
2020 8:36 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2021 8:25 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2022 8:28 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2023 8:44 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM
2024 8:43 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Loving County were on the road by 8:43 AM, 94 minutes later than in 2009 (7:08 AM). The shift is sharper than across Texas, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Loving County now leave 65 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Loving County has moved 35 minutes later.

How does Loving County's commute time compare?

Metric Loving County Texas US Average
Avg. Commute Time 3.2 min 22.8 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 08:30 AM – 08:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 0.0% 14.4% 15.0%
Walked 3.8% 1.5% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.9% 3.2%

The average commute time in Loving County is 3.3 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 3.8% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Texas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Loving County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Loving County, TX is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 33 residents against a local median of 12,664. The measure that sets Loving County, TX apart most is work from home: 0.0%, 100% below the local median of 3.0%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 3.3 min against a local median of 13.5 min, 76% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 76% below the local median it puts Loving County, TX at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 5.8% on work from home, so Loving County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Loving County, TX has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Loving County, TX 33 3.3 min #1/6 0.0% #6/6 8:43 AM #6/6
Winkler County, TX 7,454 16.5 min 0.7% 7:10 AM
Reeves County, TX 12,664 12.5 min 3.0% 7:29 AM
Ward County, TX 11,144 13.1 min 1.3% 7:06 AM
Eddy County, NM 61,104 15.1 min 6.5% 7:06 AM
Lea County, NM 73,733 13.5 min 3.7% 7:10 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Loving County, Texas.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 27 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $840 at a typical national wage. That's 86% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 08:30 AM – 08:59 AM in Loving County, Texas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Loving 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.

Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).