Commuting in Webb 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 Webb County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Webb County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 154 hours, about 6.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 19% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 4.3 minutes.
Webb County holds about 0.9% of Texas's population but accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Webb County would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,914 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)
Webb County
18.5 min
37.1 min
154 hrs/yr
$4,786
1,944
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
18.5
minutes to get to work in
Webb County.
That's 17% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.8% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Webb County
Car:
90.8%
Worked at Home:
5.8%
Other:
1.3%
Walked:
1.2%
Public Transportation:
0.7%
Taxi:
0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Biking is unusually rare in Webb County: 4.3 times less than the Texas average (0.0% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Webb County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Webb 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
Other
Walked
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
91.5%
2.9%
1.3%
2.1%
2.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2010
91.4%
3.5%
1.1%
1.9%
1.8%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2011
91.2%
4.1%
0.9%
1.8%
1.7%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2012
92.4%
3.5%
0.9%
1.6%
1.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2013
92.6%
3.8%
0.6%
1.5%
1.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2014
92.8%
3.7%
0.7%
1.6%
1.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2015
93.4%
3.1%
0.6%
1.5%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
93.5%
2.7%
0.9%
1.7%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2017
93.3%
2.7%
1.1%
1.7%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
93.1%
2.7%
1.4%
1.6%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2019
93.0%
2.8%
1.4%
1.5%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2020
91.7%
3.6%
2.0%
1.6%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2021
91.1%
4.1%
1.9%
1.5%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2022
90.4%
4.9%
1.8%
1.6%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2023
90.7%
5.4%
1.5%
1.5%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2024
90.8%
5.8%
1.3%
1.2%
0.7%
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 was highest in 2016 at 93.5% and lowest in 2022 at 90.4%. Overall it fell from 91.5% in 2009 to 90.8% in 2024, down 0.7 percentage points.
Working from home gained the most ground in Webb County: its share of workers rose from 2.9% in 2009 to 5.8% in 2024, up 2.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.0% to 0.7% of workers (down 1.3 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Webb County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Webb County?
The bars show when commuters in Webb 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 AMWebb County4.7%Texas5.5%
4.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMWebb County3.3%Texas4.4%
3.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMWebb County2.9%Texas5.1%
2.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMWebb County4.9%Texas9.3%
4.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMWebb County6.3%Texas9.3%
6.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMWebb County13.2%Texas15.3%
13.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMWebb County13.4%Texas11.8%
13.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMWebb County15.4%Texas11.5%
15.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMWebb County6.4%Texas4.8%
6.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMWebb County9.2%Texas6.7%
9.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMWebb County3.9%Texas3.1%
3.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMWebb County1.5%Texas1.3%
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMWebb County8.0%Texas5.8%
8.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMWebb County6.9%Texas6.2%
6.9%
Webb CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Webb County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 15.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.5% across Texas. Early starts are less common than in Texas: 10.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Texas's: 48.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (29.5%) 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 Webb 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 Webb 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 Webb 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
Webb County
Texas
United States
2009
8:02 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
8:00 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:58 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:56 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:55 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:56 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:56 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:57 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:58 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:59 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
8:00 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
8:01 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
8:03 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
8:05 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
8:05 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
8:03 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Webb County were on the road by 8:03 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Texas, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Webb County now leave 25 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Webb County has moved 3 minutes later.
How does Webb County's commute time compare?
Metric
Webb County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.5 min
22.8 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
08:00 AM – 08:29 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
5.8%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
1.2%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.7%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Webb County is 18.5 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.
Webb County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Webb County, TX is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 269,285 residents against a local median of 8,380. The measure that sets Webb County, TX apart most is one-way commute: 18.5 min, 42% above the local median of 13.1 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 12.5 min on one-way commute, so Webb County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Webb County, TX has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Webb County, Texas.
Is commuting expensive in Webb County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 154 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,786 at a typical national wage. That's 19% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Webb County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Webb 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.
Which counties in Texas have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).