Terrell County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Terrell County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Terrell County spend about 13 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 54 hours, about 2.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 72% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 16.3 minutes.

Terrell 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 Terrell County would save about 22 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $670 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)
Terrell County	6.5 min	13.0 min	54 hrs/yr	$1,676	27
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 6.5 minutes to get to work in Terrell County. That's 71% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 3 fastest 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 8.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Terrell County

• Car: 91.4%
• Worked at Home: 8.6%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Walked: < 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 Terrell County, versus 0.1% in Texas.

Walking is essentially absent in Terrell County, versus 1.5% in Texas.

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

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

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

Walking or biking to work is essentially absent in Terrell County, versus 1.7% in Texas.

Commute Mode Trends in Terrell County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Terrell 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
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle
• Walked
• Other

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Walked	Other
2009	74.1%	14.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	11.5%	0.0%
2010	81.9%	16.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.1%	0.0%
2011	82.8%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.9%	1.0%
2012	81.5%	11.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	6.3%	0.7%
2013	81.5%	8.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	7.1%	2.9%
2014	83.3%	6.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	6.9%	3.2%
2015	83.6%	6.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	5.8%	4.1%
2016	83.7%	10.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	5.6%	0.0%
2017	88.5%	10.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.5%	0.0%
2018	93.9%	6.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	92.4%	7.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	86.4%	13.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	88.7%	11.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	88.5%	11.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	92.4%	7.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	91.4%	8.6%	0.0%	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 2018 at 93.9%. Overall it rose from 74.1% in 2009 to 91.4% in 2024, up 17.3 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 11.5% to 0.0% of workers (down 11.5 percentage points).

Working from home peaked at 16.1% in 2010 and has since fallen back to 8.6%.

Commute Start Times in Terrell County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Terrell County?

The bars show when commuters in Terrell 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 Terrell County0.0% Texas5.5%	0.0%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Terrell County2.4% Texas4.4%	2.4%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Terrell County3.9% Texas5.1%	3.9%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Terrell County6.3% Texas9.3%	6.3%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Terrell County19.3% Texas9.3%	19.3%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Terrell County19.3% Texas15.3%	19.3%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Terrell County15.0% Texas11.8%	15.0%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Terrell County11.8% Texas11.5%	11.8%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Terrell County2.0% Texas4.8%	2.0%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Terrell County9.1% Texas6.7%	9.1%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Terrell County0.0% Texas3.1%	0.0%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Terrell County0.0% Texas1.3%	0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Terrell County11.0% Texas5.8%	11.0%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Terrell County0.0% Texas6.2%	0.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Terrell County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 19.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.3% across Texas. Early starts are less common than in Texas: 6.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 65.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.1%) 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 Terrell 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 Terrell 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 Terrell 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.

• Terrell County
• Texas
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Terrell County	Texas	United States
2009	7:28 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:04 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:33 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:28 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:42 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:31 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:35 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:28 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:43 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:19 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:34 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:05 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2021	6:56 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:24 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:32 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:28 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Terrell County were on the road by 7:28 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Texas, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Terrell County now leave 10 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 Terrell County has moved 5 minutes earlier.

How does Terrell County's commute time compare?

Metric	Terrell County	Texas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	6.5 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	8.6%	14.4%	15.0%
Walked	< 0.1%	1.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Terrell County is 6.5 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau