Watauga Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Watauga, 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 Watauga: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Watauga spend about 57 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 236 hours, about 9.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 24% more time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 5.6 minutes.

Watauga 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 Watauga would save about 94 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,929 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)
Watauga	28.3 min	56.7 min	236 hrs/yr	$7,324	4,144
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.

Watauga Commute Map

On average, it takes 28.3 minutes to get to work in Watauga. That's 26% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 15.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Watauga

Commute Mode Trends in Watauga, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Watauga 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	Public Transportation	Other	Motorcycle	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	95.1%	3.0%	0.4%	0.2%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.3%
2010	94.8%	3.1%	0.5%	0.3%	0.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%
2011	94.2%	3.9%	0.3%	0.5%	0.7%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	93.8%	4.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	95.0%	3.2%	0.4%	0.6%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	93.7%	4.0%	0.4%	1.0%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%
2015	94.5%	3.4%	0.4%	0.9%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	94.5%	3.1%	0.5%	0.7%	0.7%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%
2017	94.3%	3.5%	0.3%	0.7%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2018	94.8%	3.6%	0.1%	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2019	95.2%	3.0%	0.1%	0.7%	0.3%	0.1%	0.3%	0.3%
2020	91.4%	6.7%	0.1%	0.7%	0.2%	0.1%	0.4%	0.4%
2021	90.4%	7.4%	0.5%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.4%	0.4%
2022	87.3%	10.1%	0.7%	0.7%	0.4%	0.1%	0.3%	0.3%
2023	85.9%	11.7%	0.9%	0.5%	0.5%	0.1%	0.3%	0.2%
2024	81.6%	15.8%	0.9%	0.6%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 95.2%. Overall it fell from 95.1% in 2009 to 81.6% in 2024, down 13.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Watauga: its share of workers rose from 3.0% in 2009 to 15.8% in 2024, up 12.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 12.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Watauga

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Watauga?

The bars show when commuters in Watauga 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		7.5%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		2.9%
6:00-6:29 AM		12.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		12.0%
7:00-7:29 AM		16.5%
7:30-7:59 AM		8.7%
8:00-8:29 AM		8.4%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.6%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.1%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.1%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Watauga is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are about as common as in Texas: 14.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Texas: 45.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.2%) 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 Watauga, 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 Watauga 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 Watauga 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	Watauga	Texas	United States
2009	7:27 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:25 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:23 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:23 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:24 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:23 AM	7:32 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:25 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:25 AM	7:31 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:23 AM	7:30 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:20 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:27 AM	7:30 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:29 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:24 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:25 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:25 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:21 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Watauga were on the road by 7:21 AM, 5 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:27 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Watauga now leave 17 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 Watauga has moved 6 minutes earlier.

How does Watauga's commute time compare?

Metric	Watauga	Texas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	28.3 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	15.8%	14.4%	15.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.6%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Watauga is 28.3 minutes, longer than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

0.6% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Watauga, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Watauga, TX is the smallest of the 5 cities compared here, 21,886 residents against a local median of 43,155. The measure that sets Watauga, TX apart most is one-way commute: 28.3 min, 18% above the local median of 24.1 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

The cities themselves spread 5.0 min on one-way commute, so Watauga, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Watauga, TX has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 5 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Watauga, TX	21,886	28.3 min #5/5	15.8% #2/5	7:21 AM #1/5
North Richland Hills, TX	71,246	25.3 min	15.8%	7:37 AM
Haltom City, TX	45,218	22.4 min	9.1%	7:23 AM
Keller, TX	41,093	27.4 min	26.1%	7:42 AM
Hurst, TX	39,545	22.9 min	13.4%	7:23 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Watauga, Texas.

Is commuting expensive in Watauga, Texas?

Commuters here spend an estimated 236 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,324 at a typical national wage. That's 24% more than the typical Texas commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Watauga, Texas?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Watauga, 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.