Temple Commute Time Map & Patterns
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Commute Time Burden in Temple: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Temple spend about 33 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 135 hours, about 5.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 29% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 6.5 minutes.
Temple holds about 0.3% of Texas's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Temple would save about 54 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,679 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple | 16.3 min | 32.5 min | 135 hrs/yr | $4,198 | 1,989 |
| 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.
Temple Commute Map
On average, it takes 16.3 minutes to get to work in Temple. That's 27% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Temple
- Car: 85.8%
- Worked at Home: 11.6%
- Other: 1.2%
- Walked: 0.5% unusually low
- Public Transportation: 0.4%
- Motorcycle: 0.2%
- Bicycle: 0.2%
- Taxi: < 0.1%
Walking is unusually rare in Temple: 3.0 times less than the Texas average (0.5% vs 1.5%).
Commute Mode Trends in Temple, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Temple 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.
Show commute mode data by year
| Year | Car | Worked at Home | Other | Walked | Public Transportation | Motorcycle | Bicycle | Taxi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 95.3% | 1.9% | 0.6% | 1.8% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| 2010 | 94.9% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| 2011 | 94.9% | 2.2% | 0.4% | 1.5% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| 2012 | 94.6% | 2.9% | 0.2% | 1.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| 2013 | 94.4% | 3.1% | 0.2% | 1.4% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 94.3% | 3.2% | 0.3% | 1.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| 2015 | 93.3% | 3.5% | 0.4% | 1.7% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| 2016 | 94.3% | 3.1% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| 2017 | 94.2% | 3.1% | 0.3% | 1.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| 2018 | 93.6% | 3.7% | 0.4% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| 2019 | 93.5% | 4.0% | 0.2% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| 2020 | 92.6% | 5.4% | 0.1% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| 2021 | 90.9% | 7.2% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| 2022 | 89.0% | 9.0% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| 2023 | 88.4% | 9.5% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| 2024 | 85.8% | 11.6% | 1.2% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 95.3% in 2009 to 85.8% in 2024, down 9.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Temple: its share of workers rose from 1.9% in 2009 to 11.6% in 2024, up 9.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.8% to 0.5% of workers (down 1.3 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Temple
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Temple?
The bars show when commuters in Temple 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
Temple6.6%
Texas5.5%
|
6.6% |
|---|---|---|
| 5:00-5:29 AM |
5:00-5:29 AM
Temple3.6%
Texas4.4%
|
3.6% |
| 5:30-5:59 AM |
5:30-5:59 AM
Temple5.5%
Texas5.1%
|
5.5% |
| 6:00-6:29 AM |
6:00-6:29 AM
Temple7.9%
Texas9.3%
|
7.9% |
| 6:30-6:59 AM |
6:30-6:59 AM
Temple11.1%
Texas9.3%
|
11.1% |
| 7:00-7:29 AM |
7:00-7:29 AM
Temple16.1%
Texas15.3%
|
16.1% |
| 7:30-7:59 AM |
7:30-7:59 AM
Temple15.2%
Texas11.8%
|
15.2% |
| 8:00-8:29 AM |
8:00-8:29 AM
Temple8.0%
Texas11.5%
|
8.0% |
| 8:30-8:59 AM |
8:30-8:59 AM
Temple3.3%
Texas4.8%
|
3.3% |
| 9:00-9:59 AM |
9:00-9:59 AM
Temple4.3%
Texas6.7%
|
4.3% |
| 10:00-10:59 AM |
10:00-10:59 AM
Temple3.3%
Texas3.1%
|
3.3% |
| 11:00-11:59 AM |
11:00-11:59 AM
Temple1.2%
Texas1.3%
|
1.2% |
| 12:00-3:59 PM |
12:00-3:59 PM
Temple6.8%
Texas5.8%
|
6.8% |
| 4:00-11:59 PM |
4:00-11:59 PM
Temple7.1%
Texas6.2%
|
7.1% |
Temple Texas Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Temple is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are about as common as in Texas: 15.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 50.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.7%) 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 Temple, 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 Temple 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 Temple 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.
Show typical departure times by year
| Year | Temple | Texas | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7:32 AM | 7:32 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2010 | 7:29 AM | 7:32 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2011 | 7:28 AM | 7:32 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2012 | 7:27 AM | 7:32 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2013 | 7:29 AM | 7:32 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2014 | 7:29 AM | 7:32 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2015 | 7:30 AM | 7:31 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2016 | 7:29 AM | 7:31 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2017 | 7:29 AM | 7:30 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2018 | 7:28 AM | 7:30 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2019 | 7:31 AM | 7:30 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2020 | 7:32 AM | 7:31 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2021 | 7:29 AM | 7:31 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2022 | 7:32 AM | 7:32 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2023 | 7:30 AM | 7:33 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2024 | 7:29 AM | 7:33 AM | 7:38 AM |
In 2024, half of commuters in Temple were on the road by 7:29 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:32 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Temple now leave 9 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 Temple has moved 2 minutes earlier.
How does Temple's commute time compare?
| Metric | Temple | Texas | US Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. Commute Time | 16.3 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 | 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM | 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM | 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM |
| Work From Home | 11.6% | 14.4% | 15.0% |
| Walked | 0.5% | 1.5% | 2.4% |
| Public Transit | 0.4% | 0.9% | 3.2% |
The average commute time in Temple is 16.3 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about commuting in Temple, Texas.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Temple, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 135 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,198 at a typical national wage. That's 29% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Temple, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Temple, Texas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.