College Station Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in College Station, 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 College Station: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in College Station spend about 32 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 133 hours, about 5.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 30% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 6.9 minutes.

College Station holds about 0.4% of Texas's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in College Station would save about 53 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,643 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)
College Station	15.9 min	31.8 min	133 hrs/yr	$4,108	3,246
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.

College Station Commute Map

On average, it takes 15.9 minutes to get to work in College Station. That's 29% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in College Station

Public transit is unusually common in College Station: 3.2 times more than the Texas average (2.8% vs 0.9%).

Biking is unusually common in College Station: 10.9 times more than the Texas average (2.3% vs 0.2%).

College Station stands out for active commuting: 6.5% of workers walk or bike to work, 3.9 times the Texas average of 1.7%.

Commute Mode Trends in College Station, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in College Station 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	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Other	Motorcycle	Taxi
2009	86.8%	2.9%	3.6%	3.4%	2.4%	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%
2010	85.9%	2.4%	3.2%	4.8%	2.6%	0.4%	0.7%	0.0%
2011	85.9%	2.4%	4.3%	4.2%	2.3%	0.3%	0.7%	0.0%
2012	85.8%	2.0%	4.2%	4.7%	2.4%	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%
2013	85.4%	2.3%	4.7%	4.9%	1.9%	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%
2014	85.6%	2.4%	4.2%	4.6%	2.1%	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%
2015	86.5%	2.5%	4.0%	4.1%	2.0%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%
2016	86.7%	3.0%	3.0%	4.0%	2.2%	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%
2017	87.3%	3.2%	2.6%	3.6%	2.3%	0.7%	0.3%	0.0%
2018	88.2%	3.0%	1.9%	3.2%	2.6%	0.7%	0.4%	0.0%
2019	88.3%	3.7%	2.0%	3.0%	2.0%	0.7%	0.3%	0.0%
2020	84.0%	7.4%	2.7%	2.6%	2.4%	0.6%	0.3%	0.1%
2021	83.4%	8.7%	2.8%	2.2%	1.9%	0.7%	0.2%	0.1%
2022	80.0%	11.0%	3.8%	2.2%	1.9%	0.8%	0.2%	0.1%
2023	78.7%	11.6%	4.1%	2.4%	2.0%	0.8%	0.2%	0.1%
2024	77.5%	11.8%	4.2%	2.8%	2.3%	1.0%	0.3%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 88.3%. Overall it fell from 86.8% in 2009 to 77.5% in 2024, down 9.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in College Station: its share of workers rose from 2.9% in 2009 to 11.8% in 2024, up 8.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.4% to 2.8% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2017 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in College Station

What Time Do People Leave for Work in College Station?

The bars show when commuters in College Station 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		3.5%
5:00-5:29 AM		1.8%
5:30-5:59 AM		2.6%
6:00-6:29 AM		4.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.0%
7:00-7:29 AM		10.9%
7:30-7:59 AM		19.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		12.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		9.2%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		8.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		7.7%

College Station Texas Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in College Station is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 19.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.8% across Texas. Early starts are less common than in Texas: 7.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Texas's: 49.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (32.5%) 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 College Station, 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 College Station 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 College Station 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	College Station	Texas	United States
2009	8:02 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:02 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:07 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2012	8:06 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:05 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:07 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:05 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:03 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:03 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2018	8:04 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2019	8:04 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:05 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:06 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:07 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:05 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:02 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in College Station were on the road by 8:02 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Texas, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in College Station now leave 24 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in College Station has moved 2 minutes earlier.

How does College Station's commute time compare?

Metric	College Station	Texas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	15.9 min	22.8 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	11.8%	14.4%	15.0%
Walked	4.2%	1.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	2.8%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in College Station is 15.9 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

2.8% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.9% in Texas. 4.2% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Texas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

College Station, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How College Station, TX compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
College Station, TX	114,056	15.9 min #1/2	11.8% #1/2	8:02 AM #2/2
Bryan, TX	80,738	16.4 min	7.3%	7:41 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in College Station, Texas.

Is living in College Station, Texas good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 133 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,108 at a typical national wage. That's 30% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in College Station, Texas?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in College Station, Texas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in College Station, Texas?

Public transit usage is notably higher here than typical: about 2.8% of commuters use it versus 0.9% in Texas, making it a realistic option for many workers.