Brazoria County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Brazoria 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 Brazoria County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Brazoria County spend about 61 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 255 hours, about 10.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 34% more time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 7.8 minutes.

Brazoria County holds about 1.3% of Texas's population but accounts for roughly 1.7% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Brazoria County would save about 102 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,162 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)
Brazoria County	30.6 min	61.2 min	255 hrs/yr	$7,905	2,385
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.

Commute Time Map: Texas Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Texas

Loving County (3.2 min)
King County (5.8 min)
Terrell County (6.5 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Texas

Bandera County (38.6 min)
San Jacinto County (35.9 min)
Liberty County (33.6 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Brazoria County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 30.6 minutes to get to work in Brazoria County. That's 37% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 93% of counties in Texas

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Brazoria County

Public transit is unusually rare in Brazoria County: 4.8 times less than the Texas average (0.2% vs 0.9%).

Biking is unusually rare in Brazoria County: 3.1 times less than the Texas average (0.1% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Brazoria County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Brazoria 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	94.4%	2.6%	1.2%	1.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%
2010	94.3%	2.7%	1.2%	1.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%
2011	94.5%	2.6%	1.2%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%
2012	94.5%	2.5%	1.2%	1.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%
2013	94.4%	2.7%	1.3%	0.9%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%
2014	94.8%	2.5%	1.1%	0.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%
2015	95.2%	2.6%	0.9%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2016	95.5%	2.5%	0.7%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2017	95.3%	2.8%	0.7%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2018	94.7%	3.4%	0.6%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2019	94.1%	3.9%	0.7%	0.9%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2020	92.4%	5.4%	0.6%	0.9%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2021	90.8%	7.3%	0.7%	0.6%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
2022	89.6%	8.7%	0.6%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2023	88.6%	9.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
2024	87.4%	10.8%	0.7%	0.5%	0.2%	0.1%	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 2016 at 95.5%. Overall it fell from 94.4% in 2009 to 87.4% in 2024, down 7.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Brazoria County: its share of workers rose from 2.6% in 2009 to 10.8% in 2024, up 8.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.1% to 0.5% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Brazoria County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Brazoria County?

The bars show when commuters in Brazoria 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		6.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		13.3%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.4%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.5%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.3%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.1%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		3.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.3%

Brazoria County Texas Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Brazoria County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are more common than in Texas: 19.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Texas's: 46.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.1%) 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 Brazoria 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 Brazoria 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 Brazoria 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	Brazoria County	Texas	United States
2009	7:11 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:11 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:11 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:11 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:11 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:12 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:11 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:10 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:09 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:06 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:06 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:08 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:09 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:11 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:13 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:15 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Brazoria County were on the road by 7:15 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:11 AM). The shift is sharper than across Texas, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Brazoria County now leave 23 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 Brazoria County has moved 9 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Brazoria County in the whole series.

How does Brazoria County's commute time compare?

Metric	Brazoria County	Texas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	30.6 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	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	10.8%	14.4%	15.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Brazoria County is 30.6 minutes, longer than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Brazoria County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Brazoria County, TX is typical in size for this group, 391,275 residents against a local median of 358,877, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. The measure that sets Brazoria County, TX apart most is one-way commute: 30.6 min, 30% above the local median of 23.5 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 12.8 min on one-way commute, so Brazoria County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Brazoria County, TX has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Brazoria County, TX	391,275	30.6 min #5/6	10.8% #4/6	7:15 AM #2/6
Fort Bend County, TX	893,669	31.4 min	17.7%	7:34 AM
Galveston County, TX	358,877	23.5 min	11.7%	7:26 AM
Matagorda County, TX	36,329	20.5 min	6.1%	7:08 AM
Harris County, TX	4,837,278	27.3 min	12.9%	7:28 AM
Wharton County, TX	41,794	18.7 min	5.2%	7:17 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Brazoria County, Texas.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Brazoria County, Texas?

Commuters here spend an estimated 255 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,905 at a typical national wage. That's 34% more than the typical Texas commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Brazoria County, Texas?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Brazoria County, Texas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How common is public transit use in Brazoria County, Texas?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% 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).