How long is the commute in Lubbock?

Average travel time to work in Lubbock, TX, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Lubbock gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 15.2 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 77.3
• Carpooled: 11.8
• Transit: 0.7
• Walked: 2
• From home: 6.5

Average commute (minutes)

• Lubbock: 15.2
• Lubbock County: 15.8
• TX: 23.2
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 6.5% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 7.8 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 2.7% of workers in 2015 to 6.5% in the latest estimates.