Commuting in Palo Pinto 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 Palo Pinto County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Palo Pinto County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 152 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 4.5 minutes.
Palo Pinto County holds about 0.1% of Texas's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Palo Pinto County would save about 61 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,888 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)
Palo Pinto County
18.3 min
36.5 min
152 hrs/yr
$4,721
448
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
18.3
minutes to get to work in
Palo Pinto County.
That's 18% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 8.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Palo Pinto County
Car:
89.0%
Worked at Home:
8.0%
Other:
1.7%
Walked:
1.0%
Public Transportation:
0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Palo Pinto County: 6.2 times less than the Texas average (0.1% vs 0.9%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Palo Pinto County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Commute Mode Trends in Palo Pinto County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Palo Pinto 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
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Taxi
2009
90.3%
3.1%
5.0%
1.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
90.9%
2.1%
3.7%
2.8%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2011
91.8%
1.9%
3.3%
2.4%
0.1%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
2012
90.9%
2.6%
3.6%
2.4%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2013
90.6%
3.2%
2.6%
2.7%
0.2%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
2014
91.1%
3.4%
2.0%
2.4%
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
2015
91.8%
3.6%
1.9%
1.8%
0.3%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
2016
90.7%
4.0%
2.2%
2.0%
0.3%
0.3%
0.5%
0.0%
2017
89.7%
4.5%
2.1%
2.1%
0.5%
0.3%
0.7%
0.0%
2018
89.4%
5.7%
1.9%
1.8%
0.5%
0.1%
0.7%
0.0%
2019
89.0%
6.1%
1.8%
1.9%
0.3%
0.2%
0.7%
0.0%
2020
88.7%
7.1%
1.7%
1.5%
0.3%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
2021
88.8%
7.2%
2.0%
1.1%
0.4%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2022
89.2%
7.5%
2.1%
1.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
89.9%
6.8%
2.0%
0.8%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
89.0%
8.0%
1.7%
1.0%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2011 at 91.8% and lowest in 2020 at 88.7%. Overall it fell from 90.3% in 2009 to 89.0% in 2024, down 1.3 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Palo Pinto County: its share of workers rose from 3.1% in 2009 to 8.0% in 2024, up 4.9 percentage points.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.5% to 1.0% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Palo Pinto County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Palo Pinto County?
The bars show when commuters in Palo Pinto 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 AMPalo Pinto County8.1%Texas5.5%
8.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMPalo Pinto County6.5%Texas4.4%
6.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMPalo Pinto County5.5%Texas5.1%
5.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMPalo Pinto County7.7%Texas9.3%
7.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMPalo Pinto County10.9%Texas9.3%
10.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMPalo Pinto County19.6%Texas15.3%
19.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMPalo Pinto County10.4%Texas11.8%
10.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMPalo Pinto County8.9%Texas11.5%
8.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMPalo Pinto County2.1%Texas4.8%
2.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMPalo Pinto County6.0%Texas6.7%
6.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMPalo Pinto County2.5%Texas3.1%
2.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMPalo Pinto County0.7%Texas1.3%
0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMPalo Pinto County6.9%Texas5.8%
6.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMPalo Pinto County4.3%Texas6.2%
4.3%
Palo Pinto CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Palo Pinto County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are more common than in Texas: 20.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Texas's: 49.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.3%) 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 Palo Pinto 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 Palo Pinto 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 Palo Pinto 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
Palo Pinto County
Texas
United States
2009
7:26 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:27 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:28 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:26 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:24 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:20 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:18 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:20 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:20 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:23 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:22 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:23 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:21 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:17 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:17 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:17 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Palo Pinto County were on the road by 7:17 AM, 9 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:26 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Palo Pinto County now leave 20 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 Palo Pinto County has moved 5 minutes earlier.
How does Palo Pinto County's commute time compare?
Metric
Palo Pinto County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.3 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
06:30 AM – 06:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
8.0%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
1.0%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Palo Pinto County is 18.3 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 1.0% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.
Palo Pinto County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Palo Pinto County, TX is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 29,295 residents against a local median of 18,029. Palo Pinto County, TX's one-way commute, at 18.3 min, runs 31% above the 14.0 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 19.6 min on one-way commute, so Palo Pinto County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Palo Pinto County, TX has the 4th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Palo Pinto County, Texas.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Palo Pinto County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 152 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,721 at a typical national wage. That's 20% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Palo Pinto County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Palo Pinto County, Texas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Palo Pinto 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).