Commuting in Sutton 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 Sutton County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Sutton County spend about 17 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 71 hours, about 3.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 62% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 14.2 minutes.
Sutton 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 Sutton County would save about 29 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $886 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)
Sutton County
8.6 min
17.2 min
71 hrs/yr
$2,216
87
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
8.6
minutes to get to work in
Sutton County.
That's 62% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 94% of counties in Texas
The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.9% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Sutton County
Car:
88.3%
Worked at Home:
7.9%
Walked:
3.5%
Motorcycle:
0.3%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Other:
< 0.1%
Public transit is essentially absent in Sutton County, versus 0.9% in Texas.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Sutton County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Biking is essentially absent in Sutton County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Commute Mode Trends in Sutton County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Sutton 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
Motorcycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Bicycle
Other
2009
89.0%
5.7%
3.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.6%
0.0%
2010
87.6%
6.8%
2.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
3.1%
0.0%
2011
89.9%
6.7%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.1%
0.0%
2012
92.9%
3.4%
2.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
0.5%
2013
91.8%
3.6%
2.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.2%
0.8%
2014
94.3%
3.9%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
2015
91.9%
5.4%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.0%
2016
93.2%
3.9%
1.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.3%
2017
93.8%
4.3%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2018
90.8%
7.1%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2019
90.4%
8.1%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2020
91.2%
4.2%
4.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2021
86.5%
8.5%
4.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2022
87.4%
8.2%
4.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
86.9%
9.2%
3.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
88.3%
7.9%
3.5%
0.3%
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 was highest in 2014 at 94.3% and lowest in 2021 at 86.5%. Overall it fell from 89.0% in 2009 to 88.3% in 2024, down 0.7 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Sutton County: its share of workers rose from 5.7% in 2009 to 7.9% in 2024, up 2.2 percentage points.
Biking lost the most ground, falling from 1.6% to 0.0% of workers (down 1.6 percentage points).
Walking peaked at 4.8% in 2021 and has since fallen back to 3.5%.
Commute Start Times in Sutton County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Sutton County?
The bars show when commuters in Sutton 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 AMSutton County7.3%Texas5.5%
7.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMSutton County1.2%Texas4.4%
1.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMSutton County5.1%Texas5.1%
5.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMSutton County15.8%Texas9.3%
15.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMSutton County18.8%Texas9.3%
18.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMSutton County18.3%Texas15.3%
18.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMSutton County9.9%Texas11.8%
9.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMSutton County6.0%Texas11.5%
6.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMSutton County1.2%Texas4.8%
1.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMSutton County7.0%Texas6.7%
7.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMSutton County0.0%Texas3.1%
0.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMSutton County0.0%Texas1.3%
0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMSutton County6.2%Texas5.8%
6.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMSutton County3.2%Texas6.2%
3.2%
Sutton CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Sutton County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 18.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.3% across Texas. Early starts are less common than in Texas: 13.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 53.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.4%) 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 Sutton 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 Sutton 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 Sutton 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
Sutton County
Texas
United States
2009
7:27 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:20 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:19 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:14 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:20 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:12 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:13 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:09 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:05 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:04 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:10 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:04 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:01 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:19 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:18 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:03 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Sutton County were on the road by 7:03 AM, 23 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:27 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Sutton County now leave 35 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 Sutton County has moved 6 minutes earlier.
How does Sutton County's commute time compare?
Metric
Sutton County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
8.6 min
22.8 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
06:30 AM – 06:59 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
7.9%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
3.5%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Sutton County is 8.6 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 3.5% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Texas.
Sutton County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Sutton County, TX is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 3,277 residents against a local median of 2,381. Sutton County, TX's one-way commute, at 8.6 min, runs 35% below the 13.3 min typical of the counties around it. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 8.0 min on one-way commute, so Sutton County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Sutton County, TX has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Sutton County, Texas.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Sutton County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 71 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,216 at a typical national wage. That's 62% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Sutton County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Sutton County, Texas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Sutton 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).