Commuting in Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Nacogdoches County spend about 31 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 130 hours, about 5.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 32% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 7.2 minutes.
Nacogdoches County holds about 0.2% of Texas's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Nacogdoches County would save about 52 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,610 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)
Nacogdoches County
15.6 min
31.2 min
130 hrs/yr
$4,024
670
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
15.6
minutes to get to work in
Nacogdoches County.
That's 31% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Nacogdoches County
Car:
84.6%
Worked at Home:
7.1%
Other:
4.1%
Walked:
3.6%
Motorcycle:
0.3%
Bicycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Nacogdoches County: 12.1 times less than the Texas average (0.1% vs 0.9%).
Commute Mode Trends in Nacogdoches County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Nacogdoches 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
Motorcycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Bicycle
2009
89.4%
3.3%
0.8%
5.7%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.3%
2010
88.4%
4.5%
1.0%
5.1%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.5%
2011
87.8%
4.4%
1.0%
5.9%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.4%
2012
88.7%
4.2%
1.2%
4.9%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.4%
2013
89.5%
3.8%
1.2%
4.5%
0.2%
0.5%
0.0%
0.3%
2014
90.3%
3.7%
0.8%
4.0%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.4%
2015
91.0%
3.0%
0.6%
4.1%
0.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.5%
2016
91.8%
3.0%
0.7%
3.5%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
0.4%
2017
92.1%
2.8%
0.5%
3.7%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.5%
2018
92.1%
2.8%
0.4%
3.8%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.6%
2019
91.9%
2.9%
0.3%
4.3%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.3%
2020
89.1%
4.9%
1.0%
4.5%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.3%
2021
88.5%
5.3%
1.4%
4.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
2022
86.6%
6.2%
2.1%
4.3%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.3%
2023
85.9%
6.8%
2.5%
4.0%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
2024
84.6%
7.1%
4.1%
3.6%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2017 at 92.1%. Overall it fell from 89.4% in 2009 to 84.6% in 2024, down 4.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Nacogdoches County: its share of workers rose from 3.3% in 2009 to 7.1% in 2024, up 3.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.7% to 3.6% of workers (down 2.1 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Nacogdoches County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Nacogdoches County?
The bars show when commuters in Nacogdoches 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 AMNacogdoches County6.0%Texas5.5%
6.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMNacogdoches County4.8%Texas4.4%
4.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMNacogdoches County4.8%Texas5.1%
4.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMNacogdoches County7.1%Texas9.3%
7.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMNacogdoches County8.3%Texas9.3%
8.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMNacogdoches County14.1%Texas15.3%
14.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMNacogdoches County14.3%Texas11.8%
14.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMNacogdoches County9.3%Texas11.5%
9.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMNacogdoches County6.0%Texas4.8%
6.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMNacogdoches County4.1%Texas6.7%
4.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMNacogdoches County2.8%Texas3.1%
2.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMNacogdoches County1.2%Texas1.3%
1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMNacogdoches County7.8%Texas5.8%
7.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMNacogdoches County9.5%Texas6.2%
9.5%
Nacogdoches CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Nacogdoches County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 14.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.8% across Texas. Early starts are about as common as in Texas: 15.6% 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 4 commuters (25.4%) 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 Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches 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
Nacogdoches County
Texas
United States
2009
7:42 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:41 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:40 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:42 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:42 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:42 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:39 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:37 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:38 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:35 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:35 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:37 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:38 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:36 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:40 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:41 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Nacogdoches County were on the road by 7:41 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:42 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Nacogdoches County now leave 3 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 Nacogdoches County has moved 5 minutes later.
How does Nacogdoches County's commute time compare?
Metric
Nacogdoches County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
15.6 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
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
7.1%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
3.6%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Nacogdoches County is 15.6 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 3.6% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Texas.
Nacogdoches County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Nacogdoches County, TX is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 65,162 residents against a local median of 51,885. Nacogdoches County, TX's one-way commute, at 15.6 min, runs 23% below the 20.2 min typical of the counties around it. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 7.1% against a local median of 5.9%, 20% above it. The counties themselves spread 6.6 min on one-way commute, so Nacogdoches County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Nacogdoches County, TX has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
Is commuting expensive in Nacogdoches County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 130 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,024 at a typical national wage. That's 32% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Nacogdoches County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Nacogdoches County, Texas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Nacogdoches County, Texas?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% 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).