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Mission Bend Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Mission Bend, 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 Mission Bend: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Mission Bend spend about 63 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 260 hours, about 10.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 37% more time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 8.5 minutes.

Mission Bend holds about 0.1% of Texas's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Mission Bend would save about 104 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,230 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)
Mission Bend 31.3 min 62.5 min 260 hrs/yr $8,074 4,202
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.

Mission Bend Commute Map

On average, it takes 31.3 minutes to get to work in Mission Bend. That's 39% longer 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 10.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Mission Bend

  • Car: 87.5%
  • Worked at Home: 10.1%
  • Walked: 1.2%
  • Other: 0.7%
  • Taxi: 0.5%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Mission Bend, versus 0.1% in Texas.

Public transit is unusually rare in Mission Bend: 20.4 times less than the Texas average (0.0% vs 0.9%).

Biking is essentially absent in Mission Bend, versus 0.2% in Texas.

Commute Mode Trends in Mission Bend, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Mission Bend 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 Taxi Public Transportation Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 93.9% 2.4% 0.4% 0.8% 0.4% 2.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2010 94.5% 2.8% 0.2% 0.7% 0.2% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 94.2% 3.1% 0.2% 0.7% 0.1% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 93.5% 3.5% 0.2% 1.1% 0.0% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 94.0% 3.8% 0.3% 0.9% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 94.2% 4.1% 0.2% 0.8% 0.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 93.8% 4.4% 0.2% 0.6% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 94.0% 4.9% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 94.0% 4.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 93.3% 4.7% 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 92.7% 4.9% 0.4% 0.5% 0.0% 1.4% 0.0% 0.1%
2020 91.2% 5.5% 1.1% 0.7% 0.0% 1.5% 0.0% 0.1%
2021 89.8% 7.4% 0.9% 0.7% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0% 0.1%
2022 88.6% 8.4% 1.4% 1.0% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 88.8% 8.8% 1.1% 0.6% 0.1% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 87.5% 10.1% 1.2% 0.7% 0.5% 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 peaked in 2010 at 94.5%. Overall it fell from 93.9% in 2009 to 87.5% in 2024, down 6.4 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Mission Bend: its share of workers rose from 2.4% in 2009 to 10.1% in 2024, up 7.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.0% to 0.0% of workers (down 2.0 percentage points).

Walking overtook public transit to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Mission Bend

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Mission Bend?

The bars show when commuters in Mission Bend 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
4.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
3.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
6.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
4.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
4.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
12.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
19.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
8.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
2.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
7.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
9.5%

Mission Bend Texas Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Mission Bend is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 19.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.5% across Texas. Early starts are about as common as in Texas: 15.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Texas: 44.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (30.9%) 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 Mission Bend, 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 Mission Bend 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 Mission Bend 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 Mission Bend Texas United States
2009 7:22 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:18 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:20 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:21 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:21 AM 7:32 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:25 AM 7:32 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:26 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:19 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:18 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:20 AM 7:30 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:26 AM 7:30 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:32 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:37 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:44 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2023 8:01 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM
2024 8:07 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Mission Bend were on the road by 8:07 AM, 46 minutes later than in 2009 (7:22 AM). The shift is sharper than across Texas, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Mission Bend now leave 30 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 Mission Bend has moved 42 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Mission Bend in the whole series.

How does Mission Bend's commute time compare?

Metric Mission Bend Texas US Average
Avg. Commute Time 31.3 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 10.1% 14.4% 15.0%
Walked 1.2% 1.5% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.9% 3.2%

The average commute time in Mission Bend is 31.3 minutes, longer 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.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Mission Bend, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Mission Bend, TX compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Mission Bend, TX 32,820 31.3 min #2/3 10.1% #3/3 8:07 AM #3/3
Pecan Grove, TX 21,316 32.3 min 18.1% 7:29 AM
Sugar Land, TX 108,793 28.2 min 23.6% 8:04 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Mission Bend, Texas.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Mission Bend, Texas?

Commuters here spend an estimated 260 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,074 at a typical national wage. That's 37% more than the typical Texas commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Mission Bend, Texas?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Mission Bend, 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.

How common is public transit use in Mission Bend, 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.