Texarkana Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Texarkana, 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 Texarkana: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Texarkana spend about 25 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 106 hours, about 4.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 44% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 10.1 minutes.

Texarkana 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 Texarkana would save about 42 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,317 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)
Texarkana	12.7 min	25.5 min	106 hrs/yr	$3,291	2,093
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.

Texarkana Commute Map

On average, it takes 12.7 minutes to get to work in Texarkana. That's 43% 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 7.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Texarkana

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Texarkana: 3.3 times less than the Texas average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Texarkana: 3.4 times less than the Texas average (0.3% vs 0.9%).

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

Biking is essentially absent in Texarkana, versus 0.2% in Texas.

Commute Mode Trends in Texarkana, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Texarkana 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	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	89.7%	3.6%	2.4%	1.4%	0.7%	0.3%	1.0%	0.9%
2010	91.1%	1.8%	2.7%	1.8%	0.6%	0.4%	0.7%	0.9%
2011	91.4%	1.6%	2.6%	1.8%	0.6%	0.3%	0.9%	0.8%
2012	93.8%	1.2%	1.1%	2.1%	1.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.4%
2013	94.8%	1.3%	1.0%	1.4%	1.1%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2014	94.8%	1.1%	0.9%	1.2%	1.1%	0.2%	0.4%	0.4%
2015	94.3%	0.9%	1.3%	1.6%	1.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.4%
2016	93.7%	1.6%	1.3%	1.6%	0.9%	0.2%	0.3%	0.4%
2017	93.5%	1.8%	1.2%	2.0%	0.7%	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%
2018	94.1%	1.7%	0.8%	1.7%	0.7%	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%
2019	93.4%	2.6%	1.3%	1.6%	0.9%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2020	94.4%	2.6%	1.0%	0.9%	0.6%	0.0%	0.4%	0.1%
2021	93.9%	3.5%	1.2%	0.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2022	93.1%	4.4%	1.5%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2023	90.7%	7.2%	1.7%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	90.0%	7.2%	1.7%	0.8%	0.3%	0.0%	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 2013 at 94.8%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 89.7% in 2009 and 90.0% in 2024. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Texarkana: its share of workers rose from 3.6% in 2009 to 7.2% in 2024, up 3.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Riding a motorcycle lost the most ground, falling from 1.0% to 0.0% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Texarkana

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Texarkana?

The bars show when commuters in Texarkana 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		3.6%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.8%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.4%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.4%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		15.6%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.8%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.3%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.2%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.8%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.8%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.1%
4:00-11:59 PM		7.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Texarkana is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 15.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.8% across Texas. Early starts are about as common as in Texas: 14.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 50.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.6%) 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 Texarkana, 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 Texarkana 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 Texarkana 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	Texarkana	Texas	United States
2009	7:43 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:44 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:42 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:43 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:47 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:45 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:46 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:49 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:49 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:48 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:48 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:42 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	7:40 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:38 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Texarkana were on the road by 7:38 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:43 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Texarkana now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Texarkana has moved 10 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Texarkana in the whole series.

How does Texarkana's commute time compare?

Metric	Texarkana	Texas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	12.7 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	7.2%	14.4%	15.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Texarkana is 12.7 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 1.7% commute by walking, higher than the 1.5% in Texas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Texarkana, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Texarkana, TX compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Texarkana, TX	36,070	12.7 min #1/2	7.2% #1/2	7:38 AM #1/2
Texarkana, AR	27,296	15.0 min	3.6%	7:40 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Texarkana, Texas.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 106 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,291 at a typical national wage. That's 44% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Texarkana, 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.

How common is public transit use in Texarkana, 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.