Commuting in McCulloch 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 McCulloch County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in McCulloch County spend about 33 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 136 hours, about 5.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 28% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 6.5 minutes.
McCulloch 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 McCulloch County would save about 54 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,687 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)
McCulloch County
16.3 min
32.6 min
136 hrs/yr
$4,217
171
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.
On average, it takes
16.3
minutes to get to work in
McCulloch County.
That's 27% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 16.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in McCulloch County
Car:
80.2%
Worked at Home:
16.4%
Walked:
3.4%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Other:
< 0.1%
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in McCulloch County, versus 0.1% in Texas.
Public transit is essentially absent in McCulloch County, versus 0.9% in Texas.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in McCulloch County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Biking is essentially absent in McCulloch County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Commute Mode Trends in McCulloch County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in McCulloch 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
Walked
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Other
2009
93.4%
4.2%
0.7%
0.3%
0.0%
1.1%
0.0%
0.2%
2010
93.3%
3.6%
1.4%
0.2%
0.0%
1.3%
0.0%
0.1%
2011
92.6%
2.8%
3.7%
0.0%
0.0%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
91.9%
3.3%
3.3%
0.0%
0.0%
1.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
92.1%
2.6%
4.3%
0.0%
0.0%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
94.9%
1.7%
3.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
91.8%
2.0%
6.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
93.9%
2.0%
4.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
95.1%
1.8%
3.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
94.0%
1.4%
2.7%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
1.7%
2019
92.4%
1.9%
3.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
1.9%
2020
91.6%
5.1%
1.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
1.7%
2021
91.1%
5.7%
1.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
1.5%
2022
88.0%
7.8%
2.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.6%
2023
84.3%
14.6%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
80.2%
16.4%
3.4%
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 peaked in 2017 at 95.1%. Overall it fell from 93.4% in 2009 to 80.2% in 2024, down 13.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in McCulloch County: its share of workers rose from 4.2% in 2009 to 16.4% in 2024, up 12.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 14.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Riding a motorcycle lost the most ground, falling from 1.1% to 0.0% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).
Walking overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2010 release and has stayed ahead since.
Walking peaked at 6.1% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 3.4%.
Commute Start Times in McCulloch County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in McCulloch County?
The bars show when commuters in McCulloch 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 AMMcCulloch County3.5%Texas5.5%
3.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMMcCulloch County4.1%Texas4.4%
4.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMMcCulloch County3.6%Texas5.1%
3.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMMcCulloch County7.1%Texas9.3%
7.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMMcCulloch County7.1%Texas9.3%
7.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMMcCulloch County14.2%Texas15.3%
14.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMMcCulloch County19.8%Texas11.8%
19.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMMcCulloch County15.7%Texas11.5%
15.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMMcCulloch County6.4%Texas4.8%
6.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMMcCulloch County3.5%Texas6.7%
3.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMMcCulloch County0.5%Texas3.1%
0.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMMcCulloch County0.0%Texas1.3%
0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMMcCulloch County9.2%Texas5.8%
9.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMMcCulloch County5.3%Texas6.2%
5.3%
McCulloch CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in McCulloch County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 19.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.8% across Texas. Early starts are less common than in Texas: 11.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 56.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.5%) 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 McCulloch 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 McCulloch 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 McCulloch 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
McCulloch County
Texas
United States
2009
7:42 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:43 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:45 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:44 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:45 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:45 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:47 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:52 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:50 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:51 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:44 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:40 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:39 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:38 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:47 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:46 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in McCulloch County were on the road by 7:46 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:42 AM). The shift is sharper than across Texas, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in McCulloch County now leave 8 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 McCulloch County has moved 2 minutes later.
How does McCulloch County's commute time compare?
Metric
McCulloch County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
16.3 min
22.8 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 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
16.4%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
3.4%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in McCulloch County is 16.3 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 3.4% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Texas.
McCulloch County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
McCulloch County, TX is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 7,514 residents against a local median of 3,955. McCulloch County, TX's work from home, at 16.4%, runs 97% above the 8.3% typical of the counties around it.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 16.3 min against a local median of 13.9 min, 18% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 18% above the local median it puts McCulloch County, TX at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves sit within 3.2% of each other on work from home, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and McCulloch County, TX, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. McCulloch County, TX has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in McCulloch County, Texas.
How much does the average commute cost workers in McCulloch County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 136 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,217 at a typical national wage. That's 28% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in McCulloch County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in McCulloch 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.
Do people use public transit in McCulloch 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.
Which counties in Texas have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).