North Richland Hills Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in North Richland Hills, 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 North Richland Hills: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in North Richland Hills spend about 51 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 211 hours, about 8.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 11% more time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 2.5 minutes.

North Richland Hills holds about 0.2% of Texas's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in North Richland Hills would save about 84 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,618 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)
North Richland Hills	25.3 min	50.7 min	211 hrs/yr	$6,545	3,104
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.

North Richland Hills Commute Map

On average, it takes 25.3 minutes to get to work in North Richland Hills. That's 13% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 15.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in North Richland Hills

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in North Richland Hills: 4.6 times less than the Texas average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in North Richland Hills, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in North Richland Hills 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	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Taxi
2009	93.4%	3.4%	0.5%	1.7%	0.4%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2010	93.4%	3.8%	0.5%	1.6%	0.4%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2011	93.3%	3.7%	0.4%	1.4%	0.8%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2012	93.1%	3.7%	0.5%	1.4%	0.9%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2013	93.8%	3.2%	0.8%	1.0%	0.7%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2014	93.5%	3.6%	0.7%	1.2%	0.7%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%
2015	93.2%	3.6%	0.9%	1.2%	0.7%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2016	93.6%	3.8%	0.8%	0.9%	0.4%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2017	93.1%	4.6%	0.8%	0.8%	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%
2018	92.3%	5.4%	0.6%	0.9%	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2019	92.1%	5.9%	0.7%	0.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2020	89.5%	8.8%	0.5%	0.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	87.2%	10.4%	0.6%	0.8%	0.5%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%
2022	85.2%	12.6%	0.5%	0.9%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2023	83.4%	14.1%	1.0%	0.7%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2024	81.9%	15.8%	0.9%	0.7%	0.4%	0.1%	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 93.4% in 2009 to 81.9% in 2024, down 11.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in North Richland Hills: its share of workers rose from 3.4% in 2009 to 15.8% in 2024, up 12.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Commute Start Times in North Richland Hills

What Time Do People Leave for Work in North Richland Hills?

The bars show when commuters in North Richland Hills 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		5.1%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.5%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.3%
7:00-7:29 AM		16.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		12.4%
8:00-8:29 AM		12.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.1%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.8%

North Richland Hills Texas Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in North Richland Hills is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are less common than in Texas: 12.9% 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 (22.6%) 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 North Richland Hills, 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 North Richland Hills 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 North Richland Hills 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	North Richland Hills	Texas	United States
2009	7:32 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:30 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:31 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:31 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:35 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:36 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:34 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:34 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:34 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:38 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:38 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:34 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:33 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:38 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:34 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:37 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in North Richland Hills were on the road by 7:37 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:32 AM). The shift is sharper than across Texas, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in North Richland Hills now leave 1 minute earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does North Richland Hills's commute time compare?

Metric	North Richland Hills	Texas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	25.3 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	15.8%	14.4%	15.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.4%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in North Richland Hills is 25.3 minutes, longer than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

North Richland Hills, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

North Richland Hills, TX is the largest of the 5 cities compared here, 71,246 residents against a local median of 40,319. There is no headline here. Every measure below sits within 15% of the median across the nearest cities, which makes North Richland Hills, TX an unremarkable member of its own neighbourhood rather than an outlier in it.

The largest of those small differences is work from home, 8% above the local median at 15.8% against 14.6%. North Richland Hills, TX has the 3rd highest work from home of the 5 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
North Richland Hills, TX	71,246	25.3 min #3/5	15.8% #3/5	7:37 AM #4/5
Watauga, TX	21,886	28.3 min	15.8%	7:21 AM
Hurst, TX	39,545	22.9 min	13.4%	7:23 AM
Haltom City, TX	45,218	22.4 min	9.1%	7:23 AM
Keller, TX	41,093	27.4 min	26.1%	7:42 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in North Richland Hills, Texas.

Is commuting expensive in North Richland Hills, Texas?

Commuters here spend an estimated 211 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,545 at a typical national wage. That's 11% more than the typical Texas commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in North Richland Hills, Texas?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in North Richland Hills, 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.