Stephens County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Stephens County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Stephens County spend about 28 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 117 hours, about 4.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 39% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 8.8 minutes.

Stephens 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 Stephens County would save about 47 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,445 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)
Stephens County	14.0 min	28.0 min	117 hrs/yr	$3,613	197
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 14.0 minutes to get to work in Stephens County. That's 38% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 71% of counties in Texas

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 walking. About 3.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Stephens County

• Car: 90.8%
• Walked: 3.8%
• Worked at Home: 3.7% unusually low
• Other: 1.7%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Public transit is essentially absent in Stephens County, versus 0.9% in Texas.

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

Working from home is unusually rare in Stephens County: 3.9 times less than the Texas average (3.7% vs 14.4%).

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

Commute Mode Trends in Stephens County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Stephens 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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• Walked
• Worked at Home
• Other
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Walked	Worked at Home	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	89.1%	2.0%	4.2%	4.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	89.7%	2.6%	3.6%	3.7%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	90.3%	2.9%	2.5%	4.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2012	93.7%	2.0%	2.2%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2013	92.4%	2.3%	2.8%	2.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2014	93.8%	3.2%	1.8%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2015	93.4%	2.9%	1.4%	1.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2016	92.5%	2.6%	1.4%	2.9%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	92.7%	1.5%	2.3%	3.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	93.4%	0.9%	2.0%	3.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	92.4%	1.1%	2.0%	4.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	91.4%	1.4%	3.2%	4.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	93.4%	1.1%	3.9%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	92.3%	1.4%	3.7%	2.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	91.9%	1.3%	4.2%	2.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	90.8%	3.8%	3.7%	1.7%	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 2014 at 93.8%. Overall it rose from 89.1% in 2009 to 90.8% in 2024, up 1.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Walking gained the most ground in Stephens County: its share of workers rose from 2.0% in 2009 to 3.8% in 2024, up 1.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 4.2% to 3.7% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Stephens County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Stephens County?

The bars show when commuters in Stephens 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 Stephens County5.3% Texas5.5%	5.3%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Stephens County4.4% Texas4.4%	4.4%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Stephens County5.6% Texas5.1%	5.6%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Stephens County7.0% Texas9.3%	7.0%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Stephens County13.1% Texas9.3%	13.1%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Stephens County13.5% Texas15.3%	13.5%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Stephens County19.1% Texas11.8%	19.1%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Stephens County11.3% Texas11.5%	11.3%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Stephens County4.2% Texas4.8%	4.2%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Stephens County2.3% Texas6.7%	2.3%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Stephens County7.0% Texas3.1%	7.0%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Stephens County0.2% Texas1.3%	0.2%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Stephens County3.0% Texas5.8%	3.0%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Stephens County4.1% Texas6.2%	4.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Stephens County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 19.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.8% across Texas. Early starts are about as common as in Texas: 15.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 57.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.6%) 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 Stephens 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 Stephens 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 Stephens 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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• Texas
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Stephens County	Texas	United States
2009	7:30 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:32 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:30 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:27 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:28 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:31 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:29 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:23 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:24 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:25 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:24 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:35 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:40 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:40 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:37 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:32 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Stephens County were on the road by 7:32 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:30 AM). Texas followed the same path, with the typical start moving 1 minute later. Commuters in Stephens County now leave 6 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 Stephens County has moved 8 minutes later.

How does Stephens County's commute time compare?

Metric	Stephens County	Texas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	14.0 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	3.7%	14.4%	15.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Stephens County is 14.0 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 3.8% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Texas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau