Sachse Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Sachse, 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 Sachse: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Sachse spend about 61 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 255 hours, about 10.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 34% more time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 7.8 minutes.

Sachse 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 Sachse would save about 102 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,158 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)
Sachse	30.6 min	61.1 min	255 hrs/yr	$7,896	3,173
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.

Sachse Commute Map

On average, it takes 30.6 minutes to get to work in Sachse. That's 36% 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 23.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Sachse

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Sachse: 6.4 times more than the Texas average (0.7% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Sachse: 3.1 times less than the Texas average (0.3% vs 0.9%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Sachse, versus 0.2% in Texas.

Commute Mode Trends in Sachse, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Sachse 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	Bicycle	Taxi
2009	91.3%	5.4%	0.7%	0.1%	0.3%	2.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2010	92.0%	5.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.2%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	91.8%	5.5%	0.8%	0.1%	0.2%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	92.1%	5.5%	0.7%	0.2%	0.1%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	91.8%	6.1%	0.6%	0.3%	0.1%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	91.6%	6.2%	0.7%	0.4%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	90.1%	7.1%	0.7%	0.6%	0.1%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	90.8%	6.8%	0.4%	0.6%	0.1%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	89.2%	8.4%	0.4%	0.6%	0.1%	1.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2018	88.9%	8.1%	0.6%	0.9%	0.1%	1.2%	0.0%	0.3%
2019	88.2%	8.5%	0.7%	0.8%	0.1%	1.3%	0.0%	0.3%
2020	84.0%	12.8%	1.0%	0.4%	0.8%	0.7%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	77.1%	18.4%	2.2%	0.3%	0.8%	1.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2022	77.0%	19.2%	1.9%	0.6%	0.7%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	74.5%	21.9%	1.8%	0.4%	0.7%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	72.4%	23.9%	1.7%	0.8%	0.7%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2012 at 92.1%. Overall it fell from 91.3% in 2009 to 72.4% in 2024, down 18.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Sachse: its share of workers rose from 5.4% in 2009 to 23.9% in 2024, up 18.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 15.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.0% to 0.3% of workers (down 1.7 percentage points).

Walking overtook public transit to become the 4th most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Sachse

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Sachse?

The bars show when commuters in Sachse 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		2.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.5%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.4%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.6%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.7%
8:00-8:29 AM		15.1%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.3%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.7%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		3.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.2%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Sachse is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 15.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.5% across Texas. Early starts are less common than in Texas: 9.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 50.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.3%) 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 Sachse, 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 Sachse 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 Sachse 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	Sachse	Texas	United States
2009	7:24 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:25 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:25 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:28 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:29 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:32 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:32 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:28 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:27 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:29 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:32 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:36 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:40 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:48 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:50 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:55 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Sachse were on the road by 7:55 AM, 31 minutes later than in 2009 (7:24 AM). The shift is sharper than across Texas, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Sachse now leave 17 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 Sachse has moved 23 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Sachse in the whole series.

How does Sachse's commute time compare?

Metric	Sachse	Texas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	30.6 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	23.9%	14.4%	15.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Sachse is 30.6 minutes, longer than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 0.8% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Sachse, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Sachse, TX is the 4th largest of the 5 cities compared here, 27,449 residents against a local median of 52,288. Sachse, TX sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these cities turns on things this data does not capture.

The largest of those small differences is work from home, 13% above the local median at 23.9% against 21.1%. Sachse, TX has the 2nd highest work from home of the 5 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Sachse, TX	27,449	30.6 min #1/5	23.9% #2/5	7:55 AM #4/5
Murphy, TX	20,156	31.4 min	32.6%	8:02 AM
Rowlett, TX	48,896	31.4 min	19.2%	7:28 AM
Garland, TX	238,307	31.0 min	12.4%	7:33 AM
Wylie, TX	55,679	31.7 min	23.0%	7:38 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Sachse, Texas.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Sachse, Texas?

Commuters here spend an estimated 255 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,896 at a typical national wage. That's 34% more than the typical Texas commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Sachse, Texas?

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

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Sachse, Texas?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.3% of commuters use it versus 0.9% in Texas, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How much money can remote workers save in Sachse, Texas?

About 23.9% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Sachse would save about 102 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,158 at the same national wage assumption used above.