Stonewall County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Stonewall County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Stonewall County spend about 15 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 62 hours, about 2.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 67% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 15.3 minutes.

Stonewall 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 Stonewall County would save about 25 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $769 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)
Stonewall County	7.4 min	14.9 min	62 hrs/yr	$1,923	113
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 7.4 minutes to get to work in Stonewall County. That's 67% 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 1.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Stonewall County

• Car: 97.3%
• Worked at Home: 1.8% unusually low
• Walked: 0.9%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Other: < 0.1%

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

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

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

Working from home is unusually rare in Stonewall County: 7.9 times less than the Texas average (1.8% vs 14.4%).

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

Commute Mode Trends in Stonewall County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Stonewall 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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• Worked at Home
• Walked
• Public Transportation
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• Motorcycle
• Bicycle
• Other

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Other
2009	85.1%	5.4%	3.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	5.6%
2010	86.4%	6.2%	4.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.4%
2011	87.3%	3.1%	8.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.4%
2012	89.9%	4.1%	4.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.7%
2013	88.9%	4.7%	4.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.6%
2014	91.6%	4.7%	3.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	94.1%	2.2%	3.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	97.7%	1.8%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	96.5%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.8%
2018	97.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.1%
2019	94.7%	0.3%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.1%
2020	93.4%	0.9%	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.6%
2021	92.7%	1.1%	3.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.1%
2022	94.9%	0.6%	2.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.7%
2023	93.6%	0.7%	3.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.4%
2024	97.3%	1.8%	0.9%	0.0%	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 2016 at 97.7%. Overall it rose from 85.1% in 2009 to 97.3% in 2024, up 12.2 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 5.4% to 1.8% of workers (down 3.6 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 8.2% in 2011 and has since fallen back to 0.9%.

Commute Start Times in Stonewall County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Stonewall County?

The bars show when commuters in Stonewall 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 Stonewall County4.4% Texas5.5%	4.4%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Stonewall County1.7% Texas4.4%	1.7%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Stonewall County5.5% Texas5.1%	5.5%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Stonewall County14.4% Texas9.3%	14.4%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Stonewall County4.8% Texas9.3%	4.8%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Stonewall County16.6% Texas15.3%	16.6%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Stonewall County22.1% Texas11.8%	22.1%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Stonewall County12.0% Texas11.5%	12.0%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Stonewall County5.7% Texas4.8%	5.7%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Stonewall County2.2% Texas6.7%	2.2%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Stonewall County1.1% Texas3.1%	1.1%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Stonewall County0.0% Texas1.3%	0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Stonewall County0.0% Texas5.8%	0.0%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Stonewall County9.6% Texas6.2%	9.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Stonewall County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 22.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.8% across Texas. Early starts are less common than in Texas: 11.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 55.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 8 commuters (12.9%) 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 Stonewall 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 Stonewall 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 Stonewall 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	Stonewall County	Texas	United States
2009	7:40 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:37 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:34 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:40 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:41 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:44 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:50 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:42 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:41 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:36 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:28 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:40 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:43 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:39 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:35 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:34 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Stonewall County were on the road by 7:34 AM, 6 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:40 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Stonewall County now leave 4 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 Stonewall County has moved 6 minutes later.

How does Stonewall County's commute time compare?

Metric	Stonewall County	Texas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	7.4 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	1.8%	14.4%	15.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Stonewall County is 7.4 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau