Commuting in Rains 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 Rains County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Rains County spend about 60 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 252 hours, about 10.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 32% more time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 7.4 minutes.
Rains County holds about 0.0% of Texas's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Rains County would save about 101 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,119 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)
Rains County
30.2 min
60.4 min
252 hrs/yr
$7,797
703
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
30.2
minutes to get to work in
Rains County.
That's 35% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 91% of counties in Texas
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Rains County
Car:
83.6%
Worked at Home:
9.4%
Other:
4.6%
Walked:
2.1%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is essentially absent in Rains County, versus 0.9% in Texas.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Rains County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Biking is essentially absent in Rains County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Commute Mode Trends in Rains County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Rains 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
Motorcycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Bicycle
2009
93.7%
4.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
90.9%
6.0%
1.2%
0.3%
0.6%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
90.5%
6.3%
1.2%
0.3%
0.5%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
88.8%
7.2%
1.7%
0.5%
0.9%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
90.3%
5.4%
1.4%
1.2%
0.9%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
90.4%
5.1%
1.6%
2.3%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
92.9%
3.6%
0.7%
2.2%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
91.2%
4.7%
0.8%
2.6%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
92.5%
3.5%
1.7%
2.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
92.4%
4.4%
2.0%
1.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
93.5%
4.7%
1.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
89.7%
4.5%
4.7%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
89.4%
5.7%
3.9%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
87.1%
9.0%
2.4%
1.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
86.4%
9.2%
2.8%
1.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
83.6%
9.4%
4.6%
2.1%
0.2%
0.0%
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 93.7% in 2009 to 83.6% in 2024, down 10.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Rains County: its share of workers rose from 4.3% in 2009 to 9.4% in 2024, up 5.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.9% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).
Walking overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 4th most common choice in the 2013 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Rains County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Rains County?
The bars show when commuters in Rains 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 AMRains County10.3%Texas5.5%
10.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMRains County6.7%Texas4.4%
6.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMRains County3.3%Texas5.1%
3.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMRains County12.0%Texas9.3%
12.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMRains County11.3%Texas9.3%
11.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMRains County23.5%Texas15.3%
23.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMRains County4.9%Texas11.8%
4.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMRains County8.3%Texas11.5%
8.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMRains County2.3%Texas4.8%
2.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMRains County3.0%Texas6.7%
3.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMRains County1.9%Texas3.1%
1.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMRains County2.7%Texas1.3%
2.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMRains County3.9%Texas5.8%
3.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMRains County6.0%Texas6.2%
6.0%
Rains CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Rains County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 23.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are more common than in Texas: 20.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Texas's: 47.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.6%) 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 Rains 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 Rains 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 Rains 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
Rains County
Texas
United States
2009
7:07 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:09 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:11 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:09 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:11 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:19 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:13 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:10 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:13 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:07 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:06 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:08 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:11 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:07 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:14 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:08 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Rains County were on the road by 7:08 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:07 AM). Texas followed the same path, with the typical start moving 1 minute later. Commuters in Rains County now leave 30 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 Rains County has moved 2 minutes later.
How does Rains County's commute time compare?
Metric
Rains County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
30.2 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
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
9.4%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
2.1%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Rains County is 30.2 minutes, longer than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 2.1% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Texas.
Rains County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Rains County, TX is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 12,775 residents against a local median of 46,961. The measure that sets Rains County, TX apart most is one-way commute: 30.2 min, 28% above the local median of 23.6 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 13.2 min on one-way commute, so Rains County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Rains County, TX has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Rains County, Texas.
Is living in Rains County, Texas good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 252 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,797 at a typical national wage. That's 32% more than the typical Texas commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Rains County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Rains County, Texas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Rains 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.
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).