Commuting in Comal 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 Comal County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Comal County spend about 53 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 221 hours, about 9.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 16% more time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 3.7 minutes.
Comal County holds about 0.6% of Texas's population but accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Comal County would save about 88 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,742 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)
Comal County
26.5 min
53.1 min
221 hrs/yr
$6,854
2,724
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
26.5
minutes to get to work in
Comal County.
That's 18% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 84% of counties in Texas
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 18.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Comal County
Car:
78.9%
Worked at Home:
18.7%
Other:
1.0%
Walked:
0.8%
Bicycle:
0.4%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Comal County: 19.8 times less than the Texas average (0.0% vs 0.9%).
Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Comal County: 4.6 times less than the Texas average (0.0% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Comal County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Comal 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
Bicycle
Motorcycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
2009
91.2%
5.4%
1.1%
1.5%
0.2%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
2010
91.1%
5.6%
1.1%
1.4%
0.2%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
2011
90.3%
6.4%
1.1%
1.3%
0.1%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
2012
90.4%
6.6%
0.9%
1.2%
0.2%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
2013
90.0%
7.3%
1.0%
0.9%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2014
89.5%
8.0%
1.1%
1.0%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2015
89.8%
7.6%
1.1%
1.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2016
89.3%
7.6%
1.1%
1.6%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
89.2%
7.6%
1.0%
1.6%
0.1%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2018
89.8%
7.3%
1.1%
1.3%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2019
89.2%
7.4%
1.1%
1.7%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2020
86.8%
10.2%
1.1%
1.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2021
85.1%
12.1%
1.0%
1.0%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2022
82.5%
14.8%
1.2%
0.9%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
80.1%
17.2%
1.3%
0.9%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
78.9%
18.7%
1.0%
0.8%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 91.2% in 2009 to 78.9% in 2024, down 12.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Comal County: its share of workers rose from 5.4% in 2009 to 18.7% in 2024, up 13.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 11.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.5% to 0.8% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Comal County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Comal County?
The bars show when commuters in Comal 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 AMComal County6.1%Texas5.5%
6.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMComal County3.1%Texas4.4%
3.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMComal County3.9%Texas5.1%
3.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMComal County10.5%Texas9.3%
10.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMComal County10.4%Texas9.3%
10.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMComal County14.2%Texas15.3%
14.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMComal County10.5%Texas11.8%
10.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMComal County12.5%Texas11.5%
12.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMComal County5.0%Texas4.8%
5.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMComal County7.6%Texas6.7%
7.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMComal County3.7%Texas3.1%
3.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMComal County0.8%Texas1.3%
0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMComal County5.6%Texas5.8%
5.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMComal County6.1%Texas6.2%
6.1%
Comal CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Comal County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are less common than in Texas: 13.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Texas's: 47.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.8%) 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 Comal 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 Comal 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 Comal 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
Comal County
Texas
United States
2009
7:28 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:26 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:27 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:28 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:28 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:27 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:27 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:25 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:26 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:25 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:24 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:24 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:25 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:25 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:28 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:35 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Comal County were on the road by 7:35 AM, 7 minutes later than in 2009 (7:28 AM). The shift is sharper than across Texas, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Comal County now leave 3 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 Comal County has moved 11 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Comal County in the whole series.
How does Comal County's commute time compare?
Metric
Comal County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
26.5 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
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
18.7%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
0.8%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Comal County is 26.5 minutes, longer than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 0.8% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.
Comal County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Comal County, TX is typical in size for this group, 183,826 residents against a local median of 183,641, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Where Comal County, TX breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 19% above the local median of 15.7% at 18.7%.
The counties themselves spread 7.3% on work from home, so Comal County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Comal County, TX has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Comal County, Texas.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Comal County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 221 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,854 at a typical national wage. That's 16% more than the typical Texas commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Comal County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Comal County, 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 Comal County, Texas?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.9% in Texas, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Is Comal County, Texas a good location for remote and hybrid workers?
About 18.7% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Comal County would save about 88 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,742 at the same national wage assumption used above.
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).