Commuting in Nolan 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 Nolan County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Nolan County spend about 24 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 99 hours, about 4.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 48% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 10.9 minutes.
Nolan 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 Nolan County would save about 40 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,227 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)
Nolan County
11.9 min
23.7 min
99 hrs/yr
$3,067
262
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
11.9
minutes to get to work in
Nolan County.
That's 47% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 83% of counties in Texas
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 3.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Nolan County
Car:
91.7%
Worked at Home:
3.6%unusually low
Walked:
2.1%
Other:
1.6%
Bicycle:
0.8%unusually high
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is essentially absent in Nolan County, versus 0.9% in Texas.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Nolan County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Working from home is unusually rare in Nolan County: 4.0 times less than the Texas average (3.6% vs 14.4%).
Biking is unusually common in Nolan County: 3.9 times more than the Texas average (0.8% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Nolan County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Nolan 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
Other
Bicycle
Motorcycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
2009
93.6%
2.7%
1.8%
0.8%
0.0%
1.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2010
93.1%
3.3%
2.0%
1.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2011
91.8%
2.9%
3.1%
1.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.6%
0.0%
2012
91.9%
2.0%
3.2%
1.8%
0.0%
0.3%
0.8%
0.0%
2013
91.4%
1.6%
3.4%
1.7%
0.3%
0.6%
1.0%
0.0%
2014
91.8%
1.6%
3.4%
1.8%
0.1%
0.6%
0.7%
0.0%
2015
92.8%
1.5%
2.8%
1.8%
0.2%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
2016
94.6%
1.3%
1.2%
1.6%
0.3%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
2017
93.4%
1.5%
2.6%
1.7%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
93.6%
1.7%
2.7%
2.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
94.1%
1.6%
2.3%
1.9%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
92.6%
2.9%
1.8%
2.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
93.3%
2.9%
1.6%
2.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
93.9%
3.1%
0.9%
1.7%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
91.5%
3.6%
2.4%
1.7%
0.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
91.7%
3.6%
2.1%
1.6%
0.8%
0.2%
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 2016 at 94.6% and lowest in 2013 at 91.4%. Overall it fell from 93.6% in 2009 to 91.7% in 2024, down 1.9 percentage points.
Working from home gained the most ground in Nolan County: its share of workers rose from 2.7% in 2009 to 3.6% in 2024, up 0.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Riding a motorcycle lost the most ground, falling from 1.0% to 0.2% of workers (down 0.8 percentage points).
Biking overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 5th most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.
Walking peaked at 3.4% in 2013 and has since fallen back to 2.1%.
Commute Start Times in Nolan County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Nolan County?
The bars show when commuters in Nolan 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 AMNolan County3.7%Texas5.5%
3.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMNolan County2.7%Texas4.4%
2.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMNolan County6.3%Texas5.1%
6.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMNolan County10.4%Texas9.3%
10.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMNolan County12.2%Texas9.3%
12.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMNolan County22.8%Texas15.3%
22.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMNolan County13.6%Texas11.8%
13.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMNolan County10.5%Texas11.5%
10.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMNolan County4.1%Texas4.8%
4.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMNolan County1.4%Texas6.7%
1.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMNolan County1.4%Texas3.1%
1.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMNolan County0.6%Texas1.3%
0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMNolan County3.1%Texas5.8%
3.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMNolan County7.0%Texas6.2%
7.0%
Nolan CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Nolan County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 22.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are less common than in Texas: 12.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 59.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (13.5%) 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 Nolan 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 Nolan 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 Nolan 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
Nolan County
Texas
United States
2009
7:39 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:43 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:39 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:38 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:40 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:37 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:35 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:31 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:34 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:34 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:30 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:31 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:29 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:25 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:19 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:19 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Nolan County were on the road by 7:19 AM, 20 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:39 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Nolan County now leave 19 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 Nolan County has moved 11 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Nolan County in the whole series.
How does Nolan County's commute time compare?
Metric
Nolan County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
11.9 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
3.6%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
2.1%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Nolan County is 11.9 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 2.1% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Texas.
Nolan County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Nolan County, TX is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 14,454 residents against a local median of 9,018. Where Nolan County, TX breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 33% below the local median of 17.7 min at 11.9 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 3.6% against a local median of 4.2%, 15% below it. The counties themselves spread 5.1 min on one-way commute, so Nolan County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Nolan County, TX has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Nolan County, Texas.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Nolan County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 99 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,067 at a typical national wage. That's 48% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Nolan County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Nolan County, Texas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Nolan 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.
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).