Ochiltree County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Ochiltree County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Ochiltree County spend about 20 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 84 hours, about 3.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 56% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 12.7 minutes.

Ochiltree 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 Ochiltree County would save about 34 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,040 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)
Ochiltree County	10.1 min	20.1 min	84 hrs/yr	$2,600	309
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 10.1 minutes to get to work in Ochiltree County. That's 55% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 91% of counties in Texas

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by other means. About 3.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Ochiltree County

• Car: 91.8%
• Other: 4.4%
• Worked at Home: 3.3% unusually low
• Walked: 0.2% unusually low
• Public Transportation: 0.2% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Walking is unusually rare in Ochiltree County: 6.0 times less than the Texas average (0.2% vs 1.5%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Ochiltree County: 4.7 times less than the Texas average (0.2% vs 0.9%).

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

Working from home is unusually rare in Ochiltree County: 4.3 times less than the Texas average (3.3% vs 14.4%).

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

Few people walk or bike to work in Ochiltree County: just 0.2%, 6.8 times below the Texas average of 1.7%.

Commute Mode Trends in Ochiltree County, 2009-2024

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

Year	Car	Other	Worked at Home	Public Transportation	Walked	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	91.1%	4.1%	1.9%	0.0%	2.0%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%
2010	92.6%	3.4%	1.7%	0.0%	1.8%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%
2011	94.5%	1.9%	1.5%	0.0%	1.9%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2012	95.0%	1.3%	1.9%	0.0%	1.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2013	95.1%	1.4%	1.8%	0.0%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	95.7%	0.2%	1.5%	0.0%	2.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	94.7%	0.9%	2.1%	0.0%	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	95.3%	1.2%	1.4%	0.0%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2017	95.1%	1.6%	1.1%	0.0%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2018	95.0%	1.5%	1.2%	0.0%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2019	94.9%	1.6%	1.6%	0.0%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2020	95.1%	0.9%	1.8%	0.0%	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	92.9%	3.2%	2.0%	0.0%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	92.5%	3.4%	2.0%	0.0%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	92.5%	3.9%	2.4%	0.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	91.8%	4.4%	3.3%	0.2%	0.2%	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 2014 at 95.7%. Overall it rose from 91.1% in 2009 to 91.8% in 2024, up 0.7 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Ochiltree County: its share of workers rose from 1.9% in 2009 to 3.3% in 2024, up 1.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.0% to 0.2% of workers (down 1.8 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Ochiltree County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Ochiltree County?

The bars show when commuters in Ochiltree 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 Ochiltree County2.9% Texas5.5%	2.9%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Ochiltree County5.8% Texas4.4%	5.8%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Ochiltree County3.5% Texas5.1%	3.5%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Ochiltree County15.7% Texas9.3%	15.7%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Ochiltree County7.6% Texas9.3%	7.6%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Ochiltree County12.9% Texas15.3%	12.9%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Ochiltree County15.9% Texas11.8%	15.9%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Ochiltree County6.1% Texas11.5%	6.1%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Ochiltree County1.3% Texas4.8%	1.3%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Ochiltree County5.4% Texas6.7%	5.4%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Ochiltree County5.6% Texas3.1%	5.6%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Ochiltree County0.5% Texas1.3%	0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Ochiltree County3.4% Texas5.8%	3.4%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Ochiltree County13.6% Texas6.2%	13.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Ochiltree County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 15.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.8% across Texas. Early starts are less common than in Texas: 12.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Texas: 42.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (28.5%) 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 Ochiltree 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 Ochiltree 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 Ochiltree 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	Ochiltree County	Texas	United States
2009	7:18 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:10 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:18 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:22 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:11 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:18 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:24 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:20 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:19 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:22 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:32 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:34 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:32 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:32 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:33 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:33 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Ochiltree County were on the road by 7:33 AM, 15 minutes later than in 2009 (7:18 AM). The shift is sharper than across Texas, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Ochiltree County now leave 5 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 Ochiltree County has moved 2 minutes later.

How does Ochiltree County's commute time compare?

Metric	Ochiltree County	Texas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	10.1 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	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	3.3%	14.4%	15.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Ochiltree County is 10.1 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 0.2% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau