Commuting in McLennan 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 McLennan County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in McLennan County spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 151 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 21% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 4.7 minutes.
McLennan County holds about 0.9% of Texas's population but accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in McLennan County would save about 60 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,868 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)
McLennan County
18.1 min
36.1 min
151 hrs/yr
$4,669
1,359
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
18.1
minutes to get to work in
McLennan County.
That's 19% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
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 9.8% work from home.
How People Get to Work in McLennan County
Car:
87.0%
Worked at Home:
9.8%
Walked:
1.8%
Other:
0.6%
Public Transportation:
0.4%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is unusually rare in McLennan County: 3.5 times less than the Texas average (0.0% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in McLennan County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in McLennan 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
Walked
Other
Public Transportation
Bicycle
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
93.0%
2.3%
3.1%
0.7%
0.3%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2010
93.5%
2.2%
2.9%
0.5%
0.4%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2011
93.3%
2.4%
2.8%
0.5%
0.4%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2012
93.6%
2.3%
2.8%
0.3%
0.5%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2013
93.8%
2.3%
2.6%
0.4%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2014
93.7%
2.9%
2.1%
0.4%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2015
93.8%
3.2%
1.8%
0.4%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2016
93.6%
3.3%
1.7%
0.6%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
93.1%
3.6%
1.7%
0.7%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
2018
92.6%
3.7%
2.0%
0.9%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2019
92.8%
3.6%
2.1%
0.8%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2020
92.1%
4.4%
1.9%
0.7%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
90.9%
5.7%
1.9%
0.7%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2022
89.3%
7.0%
2.2%
0.7%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
88.1%
8.6%
1.9%
0.7%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
87.0%
9.8%
1.8%
0.6%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2013 at 93.8%. Overall it fell from 93.0% in 2009 to 87.0% in 2024, down 6.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in McLennan County: its share of workers rose from 2.3% in 2009 to 9.8% in 2024, up 7.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.1% to 1.8% of workers (down 1.3 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2014 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in McLennan County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in McLennan County?
The bars show when commuters in McLennan 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 AMMcLennan County4.7%Texas5.5%
4.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMMcLennan County3.7%Texas4.4%
3.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMMcLennan County5.3%Texas5.1%
5.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMMcLennan County7.0%Texas9.3%
7.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMMcLennan County9.4%Texas9.3%
9.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMMcLennan County16.6%Texas15.3%
16.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMMcLennan County15.2%Texas11.8%
15.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMMcLennan County10.0%Texas11.5%
10.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMMcLennan County4.3%Texas4.8%
4.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMMcLennan County4.5%Texas6.7%
4.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMMcLennan County2.7%Texas3.1%
2.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMMcLennan County1.8%Texas1.3%
1.8%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMMcLennan County7.3%Texas5.8%
7.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMMcLennan County7.5%Texas6.2%
7.5%
McLennan CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in McLennan County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are less common than in Texas: 13.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 51.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.9%) 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 McLennan 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 McLennan 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 McLennan 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
McLennan County
Texas
United States
2009
7:40 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:39 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:39 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:38 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:37 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:39 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:38 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:38 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:39 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:38 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:36 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:38 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:38 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:38 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:36 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:37 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in McLennan County were on the road by 7:37 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:40 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in McLennan County now leave 1 minute earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does McLennan County's commute time compare?
Metric
McLennan County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.1 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
9.8%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
1.8%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.4%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in McLennan County is 18.1 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 1.8% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Texas.
McLennan County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
McLennan County, TX is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 265,889 residents against a local median of 37,328. McLennan County, TX's one-way commute, at 18.1 min, runs 19% below the 22.2 min typical of the counties around it. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 8.2 min on one-way commute, so McLennan County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. McLennan County, TX has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in McLennan County, Texas.
How much does the average commute cost workers in McLennan County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 151 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,669 at a typical national wage. That's 21% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in McLennan County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in McLennan 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.
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).