Marion County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Marion County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Marion County spend about 62 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 257 hours, about 10.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 35% more time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 8.0 minutes.

Marion 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 Marion County would save about 103 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,184 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)
Marion County	30.8 min	61.6 min	257 hrs/yr	$7,961	451
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 30.8 minutes to get to work in Marion County. That's 37% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 94% of counties in Texas

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 3.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Marion County

• Car: 93.0%
• Worked at Home: 3.8% unusually low
• Other: 2.6%
• Walked: 0.4% unusually low
• Motorcycle: 0.1%
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Walking is unusually rare in Marion County: 3.4 times less than the Texas average (0.4% vs 1.5%).

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

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

Working from home is unusually rare in Marion County: 3.8 times less than the Texas average (3.8% vs 14.4%).

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

Few people walk or bike to work in Marion County: just 0.4%, 3.9 times below the Texas average of 1.7%.

Commute Mode Trends in Marion County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Marion 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
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Walked	Motorcycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	89.8%	2.7%	1.5%	4.5%	0.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.1%
2010	89.4%	2.2%	1.3%	6.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2011	87.9%	2.5%	1.3%	8.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	91.7%	3.9%	1.4%	2.6%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	89.0%	4.8%	1.6%	3.6%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.5%
2014	88.1%	5.5%	1.6%	3.8%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.7%
2015	88.4%	5.9%	1.0%	3.6%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.7%
2016	90.4%	6.1%	1.2%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%
2017	91.6%	5.3%	1.5%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2018	92.5%	5.8%	1.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	92.5%	5.7%	0.9%	0.5%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	91.8%	5.5%	1.2%	0.9%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	92.9%	3.4%	1.7%	1.2%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	94.8%	1.5%	2.8%	0.4%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	95.4%	1.2%	2.7%	0.2%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	93.0%	3.8%	2.6%	0.4%	0.1%	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 2023 at 95.4% and lowest in 2011 at 87.9%. Overall it rose from 89.8% in 2009 to 93.0% in 2024, up 3.2 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Marion County: its share of workers rose from 2.7% in 2009 to 3.8% in 2024, up 1.1 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.5% to 0.4% of workers (down 4.1 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2012 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 6.1% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 3.8%.

Commute Start Times in Marion County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Marion County?

The bars show when commuters in Marion 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 Marion County7.7% Texas5.5%	7.7%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Marion County4.3% Texas4.4%	4.3%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Marion County9.6% Texas5.1%	9.6%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Marion County16.5% Texas9.3%	16.5%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Marion County7.8% Texas9.3%	7.8%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Marion County25.8% Texas15.3%	25.8%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Marion County7.5% Texas11.8%	7.5%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Marion County4.9% Texas11.5%	4.9%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Marion County0.2% Texas4.8%	0.2%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Marion County3.4% Texas6.7%	3.4%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Marion County2.3% Texas3.1%	2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Marion County0.4% Texas1.3%	0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Marion County5.6% Texas5.8%	5.6%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Marion County4.2% Texas6.2%	4.2%

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

The busiest time to head out in Marion County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 25.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are more common than in Texas: 21.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Texas's: 46.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (15.8%) 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 Marion 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 Marion 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 Marion 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.

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Show typical departure times by year

Year	Marion County	Texas	United States
2009	7:00 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:03 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:11 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:08 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:13 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:21 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:29 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:24 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:18 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:20 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:19 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:13 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:06 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:00 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:05 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:05 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Marion County were on the road by 7:05 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:00 AM). The shift is sharper than across Texas, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Marion County now leave 33 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 Marion County has moved 14 minutes earlier.

How does Marion County's commute time compare?

Metric	Marion County	Texas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	30.8 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	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	3.8%	14.4%	15.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Marion County is 30.8 minutes, longer than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 0.4% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau