Commuting in Aransas 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 Aransas County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Aransas County spend about 28 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 115 hours, about 4.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 39% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 9.0 minutes.
Aransas County holds about 0.1% of Texas's population but accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Aransas County would save about 46 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,426 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)
Aransas County
13.8 min
27.6 min
115 hrs/yr
$3,566
1,180
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
13.8
minutes to get to work in
Aransas County.
That's 38% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 72% of counties in Texas
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 15.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Aransas County
Car:
82.2%
Worked at Home:
15.4%
Other:
1.6%
Walked:
0.7%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Aransas County: 11.1 times less than the Texas average (0.1% vs 0.9%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Aransas County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Biking is essentially absent in Aransas County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Commute Mode Trends in Aransas County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Aransas 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
Motorcycle
Taxi
Bicycle
2009
88.9%
5.8%
0.7%
3.6%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.9%
2010
90.0%
5.9%
0.4%
2.9%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.2%
2011
88.8%
6.8%
0.7%
2.9%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.2%
2012
89.0%
6.7%
0.9%
2.7%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.2%
2013
92.2%
4.3%
0.8%
2.1%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.1%
2014
92.1%
4.3%
0.8%
2.3%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
91.1%
5.0%
0.7%
2.9%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
90.6%
5.3%
0.5%
3.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
89.8%
6.8%
0.2%
2.8%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
88.8%
9.0%
0.5%
1.4%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
87.6%
9.1%
0.5%
1.9%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.3%
2020
85.3%
11.4%
0.9%
1.3%
0.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.3%
2021
85.4%
10.8%
1.1%
0.9%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.8%
2022
83.8%
10.6%
2.8%
1.6%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
2023
81.4%
13.1%
2.4%
1.6%
0.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
2024
82.2%
15.4%
1.6%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2013 at 92.2% and lowest in 2023 at 81.4%. Overall it fell from 88.9% in 2009 to 82.2% in 2024, down 6.7 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Aransas County: its share of workers rose from 5.8% in 2009 to 15.4% in 2024, up 9.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.6% to 0.7% of workers (down 2.9 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Aransas County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Aransas County?
The bars show when commuters in Aransas 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 AMAransas County6.5%Texas5.5%
6.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMAransas County6.4%Texas4.4%
6.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMAransas County5.0%Texas5.1%
5.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMAransas County8.1%Texas9.3%
8.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMAransas County7.3%Texas9.3%
7.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMAransas County19.6%Texas15.3%
19.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMAransas County12.4%Texas11.8%
12.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMAransas County11.8%Texas11.5%
11.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMAransas County4.5%Texas4.8%
4.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMAransas County7.0%Texas6.7%
7.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMAransas County1.7%Texas3.1%
1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMAransas County0.0%Texas1.3%
0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMAransas County6.8%Texas5.8%
6.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMAransas County3.0%Texas6.2%
3.0%
Aransas CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Aransas County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are more common than in Texas: 17.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 51.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.5%) 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 Aransas 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 Aransas 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 Aransas 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
Aransas County
Texas
United States
2009
7:36 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:36 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:33 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:33 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:33 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:39 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:37 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:45 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:50 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:53 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:47 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:45 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:45 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:26 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Aransas County were on the road by 7:26 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:36 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Aransas County now leave 12 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 Aransas County has moved 24 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Aransas County in the whole series.
How does Aransas County's commute time compare?
Metric
Aransas County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
13.8 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
15.4%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
0.7%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Aransas County is 13.8 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.
Aransas County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Aransas County, TX is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 24,876 residents against a local median of 69,985. Aransas County, TX's work from home, at 15.4%, runs 185% above the 5.4% typical of the counties around it.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 13.8 min against a local median of 17.5 min, 21% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 21% below the local median it puts Aransas County, TX at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves sit within 4.4% of each other on work from home, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Aransas County, TX, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Aransas County, TX has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Aransas County, Texas.
Is living in Aransas County, Texas good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 115 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,566 at a typical national wage. That's 39% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Aransas County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Aransas 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.
Do people use public transit in Aransas County, Texas?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 0.9% in Texas, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
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).