San Angelo Commute Time Map & Patterns
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Commute Time Burden in San Angelo: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in San Angelo spend about 27 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 114 hours, about 4.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 40% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 9.1 minutes.
San Angelo holds about 0.3% of Texas's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in San Angelo would save about 46 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,416 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Angelo | 13.7 min | 27.4 min | 114 hrs/yr | $3,540 | 1,770 |
| 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.
San Angelo Commute Map
On average, it takes 13.7 minutes to get to work in San Angelo. That's 39% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in San Angelo
- Car: 86.0%
- Worked at Home: 9.2%
- Walked: 3.5%
- Other: 0.6%
- Public Transportation: 0.4%
- Bicycle: 0.2%
- Motorcycle: < 0.1%
- Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
Taking a taxi is unusually rare in San Angelo: 2072.6 times less than the Texas average (0.0% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in San Angelo, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in San Angelo 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.
Show commute mode data by year
| Year | Car | Worked at Home | Walked | Other | Public Transportation | Bicycle | Motorcycle | Taxi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 88.4% | 2.8% | 5.2% | 2.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| 2010 | 87.4% | 3.2% | 6.6% | 1.8% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| 2011 | 86.8% | 3.1% | 7.1% | 1.9% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| 2012 | 86.9% | 3.3% | 7.1% | 1.6% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| 2013 | 87.1% | 3.4% | 7.2% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 88.1% | 3.1% | 7.3% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| 2015 | 88.5% | 2.8% | 6.6% | 1.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| 2016 | 89.1% | 3.1% | 5.4% | 1.6% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| 2017 | 88.5% | 3.2% | 5.2% | 2.4% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| 2018 | 88.4% | 3.3% | 5.2% | 2.2% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| 2019 | 87.9% | 4.1% | 5.0% | 2.1% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| 2020 | 87.3% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 1.8% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| 2021 | 85.9% | 6.2% | 5.2% | 1.8% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| 2022 | 86.0% | 7.1% | 4.8% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| 2023 | 86.2% | 8.1% | 4.1% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| 2024 | 86.0% | 9.2% | 3.5% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2016 at 89.1% and lowest in 2021 at 85.9%. Overall it fell from 88.4% in 2009 to 86.0% in 2024, down 2.4 percentage points.
Working from home gained the most ground in San Angelo: its share of workers rose from 2.8% in 2009 to 9.2% in 2024, up 6.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.2% to 3.5% of workers (down 1.7 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in San Angelo
What Time Do People Leave for Work in San Angelo?
The bars show when commuters in San Angelo 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 AM
San Angelo4.8%
Texas5.5%
|
4.8% |
|---|---|---|
| 5:00-5:29 AM |
5:00-5:29 AM
San Angelo3.4%
Texas4.4%
|
3.4% |
| 5:30-5:59 AM |
5:30-5:59 AM
San Angelo4.3%
Texas5.1%
|
4.3% |
| 6:00-6:29 AM |
6:00-6:29 AM
San Angelo7.3%
Texas9.3%
|
7.3% |
| 6:30-6:59 AM |
6:30-6:59 AM
San Angelo6.8%
Texas9.3%
|
6.8% |
| 7:00-7:29 AM |
7:00-7:29 AM
San Angelo16.7%
Texas15.3%
|
16.7% |
| 7:30-7:59 AM |
7:30-7:59 AM
San Angelo16.2%
Texas11.8%
|
16.2% |
| 8:00-8:29 AM |
8:00-8:29 AM
San Angelo9.5%
Texas11.5%
|
9.5% |
| 8:30-8:59 AM |
8:30-8:59 AM
San Angelo5.9%
Texas4.8%
|
5.9% |
| 9:00-9:59 AM |
9:00-9:59 AM
San Angelo5.6%
Texas6.7%
|
5.6% |
| 10:00-10:59 AM |
10:00-10:59 AM
San Angelo3.5%
Texas3.1%
|
3.5% |
| 11:00-11:59 AM |
11:00-11:59 AM
San Angelo1.5%
Texas1.3%
|
1.5% |
| 12:00-3:59 PM |
12:00-3:59 PM
San Angelo7.2%
Texas5.8%
|
7.2% |
| 4:00-11:59 PM |
4:00-11:59 PM
San Angelo7.4%
Texas6.2%
|
7.4% |
San Angelo Texas Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in San Angelo is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are less common than in Texas: 12.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Texas's: 49.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.2%) 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 San Angelo, 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 San Angelo 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 San Angelo 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.
Show typical departure times by year
| Year | San Angelo | Texas | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7:44 AM | 7:32 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2010 | 7:44 AM | 7:32 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2011 | 7:46 AM | 7:32 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2012 | 7:44 AM | 7:32 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2013 | 7:43 AM | 7:32 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2014 | 7:43 AM | 7:32 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2015 | 7:40 AM | 7:31 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2016 | 7:42 AM | 7:31 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2017 | 7:44 AM | 7:30 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2018 | 7:44 AM | 7:30 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2019 | 7:45 AM | 7:30 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2020 | 7:46 AM | 7:31 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2021 | 7:46 AM | 7:31 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2022 | 7:44 AM | 7:32 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2023 | 7:41 AM | 7:33 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2024 | 7:42 AM | 7:33 AM | 7:38 AM |
In 2024, half of commuters in San Angelo were on the road by 7:42 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:44 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in San Angelo now leave 5 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 San Angelo has moved 2 minutes earlier.
How does San Angelo's commute time compare?
| Metric | San Angelo | Texas | US Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. Commute Time | 13.7 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 | 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM | 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM | 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM |
| Work From Home | 9.2% | 14.4% | 15.0% |
| Walked | 3.5% | 1.5% | 2.4% |
| Public Transit | 0.4% | 0.9% | 3.2% |
The average commute time in San Angelo is 13.7 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 3.5% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Texas.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about commuting in San Angelo, Texas.
How much does the average commute cost workers in San Angelo, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 114 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,540 at a typical national wage. That's 40% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in San Angelo, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in San Angelo, Texas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.