Commuting in Tom Green 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 Tom Green County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Tom Green County spend about 31 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 129 hours, about 5.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 32% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 7.3 minutes.
Tom Green County holds about 0.4% of Texas's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Tom Green County would save about 52 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,597 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)
Tom Green County
15.5 min
30.9 min
129 hrs/yr
$3,992
811
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
15.5
minutes to get to work in
Tom Green County.
That's 31% 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 8.9% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Tom Green County
Car:
86.5%
Worked at Home:
8.9%
Walked:
3.2%
Other:
0.7%
Public Transportation:
0.4%
Bicycle:
0.1%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Tom Green County: 7.4 times less than the Texas average (0.0% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Tom Green County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Tom Green 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
Other
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Taxi
2009
89.5%
2.9%
4.6%
2.0%
0.4%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
2010
88.7%
3.3%
5.6%
1.5%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2011
88.4%
3.2%
5.8%
1.7%
0.4%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2012
88.6%
3.5%
5.6%
1.4%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2013
88.7%
3.5%
5.7%
1.4%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2014
89.4%
3.3%
5.7%
0.9%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
2015
89.9%
3.0%
5.1%
1.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
2016
90.4%
3.4%
4.2%
1.4%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2017
89.8%
3.6%
4.1%
1.9%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2018
89.8%
3.7%
4.0%
1.7%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
2019
89.5%
4.2%
3.9%
1.7%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2020
88.3%
5.3%
4.1%
1.6%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2021
87.4%
6.3%
4.1%
1.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2022
87.3%
6.9%
3.9%
0.9%
0.4%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
2023
87.2%
7.7%
3.4%
0.9%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
86.5%
8.9%
3.2%
0.7%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
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 90.4%. Overall it fell from 89.5% in 2009 to 86.5% in 2024, down 3.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Tom Green County: its share of workers rose from 2.9% in 2009 to 8.9% in 2024, up 6.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.6% to 3.2% of workers (down 1.4 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Tom Green County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Tom Green County?
The bars show when commuters in Tom Green 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 AMTom Green County4.9%Texas5.5%
4.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMTom Green County3.3%Texas4.4%
3.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMTom Green County4.2%Texas5.1%
4.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMTom Green County8.0%Texas9.3%
8.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMTom Green County7.3%Texas9.3%
7.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMTom Green County18.9%Texas15.3%
18.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMTom Green County16.3%Texas11.8%
16.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMTom Green County9.4%Texas11.5%
9.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMTom Green County5.3%Texas4.8%
5.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMTom Green County5.4%Texas6.7%
5.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMTom Green County3.1%Texas3.1%
3.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMTom Green County1.2%Texas1.3%
1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMTom Green County5.9%Texas5.8%
5.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMTom Green County6.9%Texas6.2%
6.9%
Tom Green CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Tom Green County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are less common than in Texas: 12.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 51.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.6%) 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 Tom Green 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 Tom Green 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 Tom Green 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
Tom Green County
Texas
United States
2009
7:40 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:40 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:42 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:41 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:40 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:41 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:39 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:39 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:41 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:40 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:41 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:42 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:42 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:39 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:37 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:37 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Tom Green County were on the road by 7:37 AM, 4 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 Tom Green County now leave 1 minute 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 Tom Green County has moved 5 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Tom Green County in the whole series.
How does Tom Green County's commute time compare?
Metric
Tom Green County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
15.5 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
8.9%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
3.2%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.4%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Tom Green County is 15.5 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 3.2% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Texas.
Tom Green County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Tom Green County, TX is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 119,577 residents against a local median of 3,328. Where Tom Green County, TX breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 55% above the local median of 5.8% at 8.9%.
The counties themselves spread 7.7% on work from home, so Tom Green County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Tom Green County, TX has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Tom Green County, Texas.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Tom Green County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 129 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,992 at a typical national wage. That's 32% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Tom Green County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Tom Green County, 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.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).