Commuting in Mills 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 Mills County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Mills County spend about 31 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 131 hours, about 5.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 31% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 7.1 minutes.
Mills County holds about 0.0% of Texas's population and accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Mills County would save about 52 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,622 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)
Mills County
15.7 min
31.4 min
131 hrs/yr
$4,056
160
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
15.7
minutes to get to work in
Mills County.
That's 30% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Mills County
Car:
90.8%
Worked at Home:
6.7%
Walked:
1.2%
Other:
1.1%
Motorcycle:
0.3%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is essentially absent in Mills County, versus 0.9% in Texas.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Mills County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Biking is essentially absent in Mills County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Commute Mode Trends in Mills County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Mills 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
Motorcycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Bicycle
2009
94.4%
2.5%
2.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
93.7%
3.2%
2.4%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
94.2%
3.0%
2.2%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
94.6%
3.0%
2.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
92.7%
4.7%
2.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
92.8%
3.9%
3.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
92.0%
3.8%
3.5%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2016
88.7%
4.7%
5.7%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2017
86.2%
6.2%
6.7%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
2018
89.3%
2.1%
7.6%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2019
86.2%
6.4%
6.4%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
2020
88.5%
5.8%
5.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
93.1%
5.0%
1.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
91.1%
6.5%
1.6%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
89.5%
7.7%
1.5%
1.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
90.8%
6.7%
1.2%
1.1%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2012 at 94.6% and lowest in 2017 at 86.2%. Overall it fell from 94.4% in 2009 to 90.8% in 2024, down 3.6 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Mills County: its share of workers rose from 2.5% in 2009 to 6.7% in 2024, up 4.2 percentage points.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.8% to 1.2% of workers (down 1.6 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.
Working from home peaked at 7.7% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 6.7%.
Commute Start Times in Mills County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Mills County?
The bars show when commuters in Mills 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 AMMills County1.9%Texas5.5%
1.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMMills County2.0%Texas4.4%
2.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMMills County6.8%Texas5.1%
6.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMMills County4.6%Texas9.3%
4.6%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMMills County13.4%Texas9.3%
13.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMMills County19.2%Texas15.3%
19.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMMills County14.4%Texas11.8%
14.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMMills County20.1%Texas11.5%
20.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMMills County3.6%Texas4.8%
3.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMMills County1.8%Texas6.7%
1.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMMills County3.2%Texas3.1%
3.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMMills County0.1%Texas1.3%
0.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMMills County3.7%Texas5.8%
3.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMMills County5.1%Texas6.2%
5.1%
Mills CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Mills County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 20.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.5% across Texas. Early starts are less common than in Texas: 10.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 67.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.0%) 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 Mills 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 Mills 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 Mills 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
Mills County
Texas
United States
2009
7:43 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:40 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:43 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:40 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:42 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:44 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:44 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:43 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:42 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:43 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:37 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:29 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:26 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:30 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:31 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:34 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Mills County were on the road by 7:34 AM, 8 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:43 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Mills 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 Mills County has moved 2 minutes earlier.
How does Mills County's commute time compare?
Metric
Mills County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
15.7 min
22.8 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
6.7%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
1.2%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Mills County is 15.7 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.
Mills County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Mills County, TX is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 4,511 residents against a local median of 13,950. There is no headline here. Every measure below sits within 15% of the median across the nearest counties, which makes Mills County, TX an unremarkable member of its own neighbourhood rather than an outlier in it.
The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 7% below the local median at 15.7 min against 16.8 min. Mills County, TX has the 3rd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Mills County, Texas.
Is living in Mills County, Texas good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 131 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,056 at a typical national wage. That's 31% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Mills County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Mills County, Texas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Do people use public transit in Mills 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.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in Texas?
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).