Commuting in Atascosa 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 Atascosa County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Atascosa County spend about 51 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 212 hours, about 8.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 12% more time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 2.7 minutes.
Atascosa 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 Atascosa County would save about 85 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,631 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)
Atascosa County
25.5 min
50.9 min
212 hrs/yr
$6,578
1,105
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
25.5
minutes to get to work in
Atascosa County.
That's 14% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 81% 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 9.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Atascosa County
Car:
86.3%
Worked at Home:
9.1%
Other:
2.6%
Walked:
1.4%
Taxi:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Atascosa County: 15.4 times less than the Texas average (0.1% vs 0.9%).
Biking is unusually rare in Atascosa County: 3.6 times less than the Texas average (0.1% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Atascosa County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Atascosa 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
Taxi
Motorcycle
Public Transportation
Bicycle
2009
93.9%
2.0%
0.7%
2.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
2010
94.1%
2.0%
0.7%
2.7%
0.0%
0.1%
0.4%
0.0%
2011
93.5%
2.7%
0.7%
2.5%
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
0.0%
2012
93.9%
3.1%
0.5%
2.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2013
93.5%
4.2%
0.5%
1.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
92.7%
5.0%
0.4%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2015
93.0%
5.2%
0.3%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2016
92.5%
5.9%
0.1%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
91.9%
5.9%
0.8%
1.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2018
92.4%
5.7%
0.7%
1.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2019
92.9%
5.3%
0.7%
0.8%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
91.7%
5.7%
1.2%
1.0%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
91.5%
6.1%
1.2%
0.8%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
88.4%
7.9%
2.3%
1.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
87.8%
7.4%
3.3%
1.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
86.3%
9.1%
2.6%
1.4%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2010 at 94.1%. Overall it fell from 93.9% in 2009 to 86.3% in 2024, down 7.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Atascosa County: its share of workers rose from 2.0% in 2009 to 9.1% in 2024, up 7.1 percentage points.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.7% to 1.4% of workers (down 1.3 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2011 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Atascosa County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Atascosa County?
The bars show when commuters in Atascosa 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 AMAtascosa County9.6%Texas5.5%
9.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMAtascosa County6.8%Texas4.4%
6.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMAtascosa County9.0%Texas5.1%
9.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMAtascosa County10.6%Texas9.3%
10.6%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMAtascosa County7.4%Texas9.3%
7.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMAtascosa County15.3%Texas15.3%
15.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMAtascosa County11.1%Texas11.8%
11.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMAtascosa County10.6%Texas11.5%
10.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMAtascosa County2.4%Texas4.8%
2.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMAtascosa County5.1%Texas6.7%
5.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMAtascosa County1.5%Texas3.1%
1.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMAtascosa County0.9%Texas1.3%
0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMAtascosa County4.2%Texas5.8%
4.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMAtascosa County5.5%Texas6.2%
5.5%
Atascosa CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Atascosa County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are more common than in Texas: 25.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Texas: 44.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.3%) 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 Atascosa 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 Atascosa 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 Atascosa 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
Atascosa County
Texas
United States
2009
7:13 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:11 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:13 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:14 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:12 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:10 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:12 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:14 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:08 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:08 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:07 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:10 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:09 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:10 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:10 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:13 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Atascosa County were on the road by 7:13 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Texas, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Atascosa County now leave 25 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 Atascosa County has moved 6 minutes later.
How does Atascosa County's commute time compare?
Metric
Atascosa County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
25.5 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
9.1%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
1.4%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Atascosa County is 25.5 minutes, longer than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 1.4% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.
Atascosa County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Atascosa County, TX is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 51,008 residents against a local median of 18,582. The measure that sets Atascosa County, TX apart most is one-way commute: 25.5 min, 55% above the local median of 16.5 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 9.1% against a local median of 13.9%, 34% below it. The counties themselves spread 17.0 min on one-way commute, so Atascosa County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Atascosa County, TX has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Atascosa County, Texas.
Is living in Atascosa County, Texas good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 212 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,578 at a typical national wage. That's 12% more than the typical Texas commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Atascosa County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Atascosa 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.
How common is public transit use in Atascosa 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.
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).