Commuting in Red River 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 Red River County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Red River County spend about 57 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 239 hours, about 9.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 26% more time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 5.8 minutes.
Red River 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 Red River County would save about 95 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,960 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)
Red River County
28.6 min
57.3 min
239 hrs/yr
$7,399
238
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
28.6
minutes to get to work in
Red River County.
That's 28% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 88% 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 10.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Red River County
Car:
85.4%
Worked at Home:
10.6%
Other:
1.5%
Walked:
1.1%
Bicycle:
1.0%unusually high
Public Transportation:
0.4%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Red River County, versus 0.1% in Texas.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Red River County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Biking is unusually common in Red River County: 4.9 times more than the Texas average (1.0% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Red River County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Red River 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
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
91.0%
4.3%
0.6%
2.2%
1.0%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
91.2%
5.0%
0.8%
1.4%
0.8%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
91.4%
4.8%
1.4%
1.0%
0.6%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
91.7%
4.7%
1.0%
1.2%
0.5%
0.9%
0.0%
0.1%
2013
92.3%
4.9%
1.0%
1.2%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
2014
92.8%
3.8%
1.5%
1.8%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2015
93.1%
3.2%
1.5%
2.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2016
92.4%
3.1%
1.4%
3.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
91.1%
4.2%
1.7%
2.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
91.0%
4.5%
1.3%
3.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
92.4%
3.9%
1.7%
2.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
90.4%
5.3%
1.9%
2.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
90.6%
5.2%
3.2%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
89.9%
7.0%
1.8%
1.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
86.0%
11.0%
1.6%
0.8%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
85.4%
10.6%
1.5%
1.1%
1.0%
0.4%
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 2015 at 93.1%. Overall it fell from 91.0% in 2009 to 85.4% in 2024, down 5.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Red River County: its share of workers rose from 4.3% in 2009 to 10.6% in 2024, up 6.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.2% to 1.1% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Red River County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Red River County?
The bars show when commuters in Red River 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 AMRed River County8.6%Texas5.5%
8.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMRed River County6.4%Texas4.4%
6.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMRed River County5.5%Texas5.1%
5.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMRed River County10.0%Texas9.3%
10.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMRed River County9.6%Texas9.3%
9.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMRed River County24.3%Texas15.3%
24.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMRed River County8.6%Texas11.8%
8.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMRed River County7.0%Texas11.5%
7.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMRed River County3.2%Texas4.8%
3.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMRed River County5.3%Texas6.7%
5.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMRed River County1.4%Texas3.1%
1.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMRed River County0.1%Texas1.3%
0.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMRed River County3.8%Texas5.8%
3.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMRed River County6.2%Texas6.2%
6.2%
Red River CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Red River County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 24.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are more common than in Texas: 20.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Texas's: 49.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.8%) 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 Red River 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 Red River 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 Red River 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
Red River County
Texas
United States
2009
7:17 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:17 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:13 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:12 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:14 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:22 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:17 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:16 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:14 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:14 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:15 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:18 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:16 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:11 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:18 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:12 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Red River County were on the road by 7:12 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:17 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Red River County now leave 26 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 Red River County has moved 3 minutes earlier.
How does Red River County's commute time compare?
Metric
Red River County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
28.6 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
10.6%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
1.1%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.4%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Red River County is 28.6 minutes, longer than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.
Red River County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Red River County, TX is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 11,611 residents against a local median of 30,862. The measure that sets Red River County, TX apart most is work from home: 10.6%, 105% above the local median of 5.2%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 28.6 min against a local median of 17.7 min, 62% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 62% above the local median it puts Red River County, TX at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 10.8% on work from home, so Red River County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Red River County, TX has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Red River County, Texas.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Red River County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 239 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,399 at a typical national wage. That's 26% more than the typical Texas commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Red River County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Red River 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 do commute times compare across 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).