Commuting in Randall 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 Randall County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Randall County spend about 34 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 142 hours, about 5.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 25% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 5.8 minutes.
Randall County holds about 0.5% of Texas's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Randall County would save about 57 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,759 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)
Randall County
17.0 min
34.0 min
142 hrs/yr
$4,398
884
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
17.0
minutes to get to work in
Randall County.
That's 24% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Randall County
Car:
89.6%
Worked at Home:
7.5%
Other:
1.4%
Walked:
0.9%
Public Transportation:
0.4%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Bicycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Randall County: 8.9 times less than the Texas average (0.0% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Randall County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Randall 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
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Taxi
2009
94.5%
2.8%
0.4%
1.6%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2010
93.9%
3.2%
0.3%
1.9%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2011
94.0%
3.2%
0.3%
1.7%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2012
93.9%
3.2%
0.3%
1.7%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2013
94.3%
2.9%
0.4%
1.7%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2014
94.6%
2.7%
0.4%
1.5%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2015
94.9%
2.7%
0.3%
1.3%
0.4%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2016
94.7%
2.7%
0.4%
1.4%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
94.4%
3.0%
0.7%
1.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2018
94.2%
3.2%
0.7%
1.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2019
93.7%
3.6%
0.9%
1.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2020
93.3%
3.6%
1.3%
1.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2021
91.9%
5.2%
1.2%
1.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2022
91.1%
6.0%
1.2%
1.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2023
90.0%
6.8%
1.5%
1.0%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2024
89.6%
7.5%
1.4%
0.9%
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 2015 at 94.9%. Overall it fell from 94.5% in 2009 to 89.6% in 2024, down 4.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 9 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Randall County: its share of workers rose from 2.8% in 2009 to 7.5% in 2024, up 4.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.6% to 0.9% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Randall County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Randall County?
The bars show when commuters in Randall 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 AMRandall County5.1%Texas5.5%
5.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMRandall County2.8%Texas4.4%
2.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMRandall County3.8%Texas5.1%
3.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMRandall County8.1%Texas9.3%
8.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMRandall County8.2%Texas9.3%
8.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMRandall County16.9%Texas15.3%
16.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMRandall County18.6%Texas11.8%
18.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMRandall County11.6%Texas11.5%
11.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMRandall County4.1%Texas4.8%
4.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMRandall County4.8%Texas6.7%
4.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMRandall County2.7%Texas3.1%
2.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMRandall County0.9%Texas1.3%
0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMRandall County4.9%Texas5.8%
4.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMRandall County7.5%Texas6.2%
7.5%
Randall CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Randall County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 18.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.8% across Texas. Early starts are less common than in Texas: 11.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 55.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.8%) 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 Randall 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 Randall 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 Randall 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
Randall County
Texas
United States
2009
7:48 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:44 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:43 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:42 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:41 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:42 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:42 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:41 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:42 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:42 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:39 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:38 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:39 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:39 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:38 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:38 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Randall County were on the road by 7:38 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:48 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Randall County now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does Randall County's commute time compare?
Metric
Randall County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.0 min
22.8 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 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
7.5%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
0.9%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.4%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Randall County is 17.0 minutes, shorter 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.
Randall County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Randall County, TX is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 146,053 residents against a local median of 6,937. Randall County, TX's work from home, at 7.5%, runs 26% above the 6.0% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 8.0% on work from home, so Randall County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Randall County, TX has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Randall County, Texas.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Randall County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 142 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,398 at a typical national wage. That's 25% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Randall County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Randall 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.
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).