Commuting in Anderson 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 Anderson County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Anderson 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 155 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 18% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 4.2 minutes.
Anderson County holds about 0.2% of Texas's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Anderson County would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,926 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)
Anderson County
18.6 min
37.3 min
155 hrs/yr
$4,815
359
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
18.6
minutes to get to work in
Anderson County.
That's 17% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Anderson County
Car:
91.2%
Worked at Home:
5.0%
Walked:
1.4%
Other:
1.1%
Public Transportation:
0.9%
Motorcycle:
0.3%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Anderson County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Commute Mode Trends in Anderson County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Anderson 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
95.0%
2.0%
1.4%
0.9%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2010
94.9%
2.2%
1.5%
0.7%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2011
94.9%
2.6%
1.3%
0.6%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
95.0%
2.2%
1.6%
0.6%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
95.2%
2.2%
1.3%
0.6%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
95.1%
2.3%
1.5%
0.6%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
95.0%
2.6%
1.4%
0.5%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
95.6%
2.5%
1.0%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
95.0%
3.6%
0.5%
0.6%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
95.3%
3.1%
0.3%
0.9%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
94.3%
3.7%
0.6%
0.9%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
94.6%
3.4%
0.7%
0.9%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
94.6%
3.3%
0.7%
0.9%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
94.5%
3.2%
0.6%
1.2%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
91.7%
4.8%
1.0%
1.1%
1.0%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
91.2%
5.0%
1.4%
1.1%
0.9%
0.3%
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 95.6%. Overall it fell from 95.0% in 2009 to 91.2% in 2024, down 3.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Anderson County: its share of workers rose from 2.0% in 2009 to 5.0% in 2024, up 3.0 percentage points.
Commute Start Times in Anderson County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Anderson County?
The bars show when commuters in Anderson 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 AMAnderson County11.1%Texas5.5%
11.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMAnderson County6.5%Texas4.4%
6.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMAnderson County4.7%Texas5.1%
4.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMAnderson County9.1%Texas9.3%
9.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMAnderson County11.6%Texas9.3%
11.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMAnderson County14.9%Texas15.3%
14.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMAnderson County9.2%Texas11.8%
9.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMAnderson County6.1%Texas11.5%
6.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMAnderson County2.4%Texas4.8%
2.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMAnderson County5.2%Texas6.7%
5.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMAnderson County1.1%Texas3.1%
1.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMAnderson County0.8%Texas1.3%
0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMAnderson County8.7%Texas5.8%
8.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMAnderson County8.5%Texas6.2%
8.5%
Anderson CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Anderson County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are more common than in Texas: 22.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Texas: 41.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.4%) 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 Anderson 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 Anderson 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 Anderson 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
Anderson County
Texas
United States
2009
7:19 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:18 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:16 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:17 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:17 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:18 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:17 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:19 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:19 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:22 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:23 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:19 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:17 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:18 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:10 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:14 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Anderson County were on the road by 7:14 AM, 5 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:19 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Anderson County now leave 24 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 Anderson County has moved 9 minutes earlier.
How does Anderson County's commute time compare?
Metric
Anderson County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.6 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
06:30 AM – 06:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
5.0%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
1.4%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.9%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Anderson County is 18.6 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
The share of commuters using public transit is about the same as Texas. 1.4% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.
Anderson County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Anderson County, TX is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 58,439 residents against a local median of 22,051. Where Anderson County, TX breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 42% below the local median of 8.5% at 5.0%.
The counties themselves spread 5.8% on work from home, so Anderson County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Anderson County, TX has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Anderson County, Texas.
Is commuting expensive in Anderson County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 155 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,815 at a typical national wage. That's 18% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Anderson County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Anderson County, Texas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 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).