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Commuting in Waxahachie, 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 Waxahachie: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Waxahachie spend about 44 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 182 hours, about 7.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 4% less time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 1.0 minutes.

Waxahachie 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 Waxahachie would save about 73 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,253 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)
Waxahachie 21.8 min 43.6 min 182 hrs/yr $5,633 2,216
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.

Waxahachie Commute Map

On average, it takes 21.8 minutes to get to work in Waxahachie. That's 3% 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 10.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Waxahachie

  • Car: 86.7%
  • Worked at Home: 10.5%
  • Walked: 1.7%
  • Other: 1.0%
  • Motorcycle: 0.1%
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in Waxahachie: 1789.3 times less than the Texas average (0.0% vs 0.9%).

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

Biking is unusually rare in Waxahachie: 55.6 times less than the Texas average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Waxahachie, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Waxahachie 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 Motorcycle Public Transportation Taxi Bicycle
2009 92.8% 4.1% 1.6% 0.1% 0.4% 0.6% 0.0% 0.4%
2010 93.4% 3.1% 2.3% 0.2% 0.5% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2%
2011 93.8% 3.0% 1.9% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% 0.3%
2012 93.7% 3.0% 1.7% 0.2% 0.5% 0.5% 0.1% 0.3%
2013 94.1% 3.3% 1.2% 0.2% 0.4% 0.7% 0.1% 0.1%
2014 93.4% 3.4% 1.4% 0.4% 0.1% 0.9% 0.1% 0.1%
2015 93.3% 4.2% 0.9% 0.4% 0.2% 0.8% 0.0% 0.3%
2016 92.5% 4.1% 1.5% 0.6% 0.2% 1.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2017 92.2% 4.1% 2.2% 0.6% 0.1% 0.8% 0.0% 0.1%
2018 92.0% 3.9% 2.3% 1.0% 0.1% 0.6% 0.0% 0.1%
2019 92.4% 3.9% 2.0% 1.0% 0.1% 0.5% 0.0% 0.1%
2020 91.6% 4.8% 2.0% 1.1% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 91.8% 5.1% 1.7% 1.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 91.1% 6.6% 1.0% 1.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 90.0% 8.6% 1.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 86.7% 10.5% 1.7% 1.0% 0.1% 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 94.1%. Overall it fell from 92.8% in 2009 to 86.7% in 2024, down 6.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Waxahachie: its share of workers rose from 4.1% in 2009 to 10.5% in 2024, up 6.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.6% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Waxahachie

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Waxahachie?

The bars show when commuters in Waxahachie 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
5.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
6.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
9.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
7.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
15.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
13.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
11.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
3.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
5.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
7.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Waxahachie is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are more common than in Texas: 17.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Texas's: 47.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.7%) 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 Waxahachie, 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 Waxahachie 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 Waxahachie 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 Waxahachie Texas United States
2009 7:28 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:31 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:29 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:28 AM 7:32 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:28 AM 7:32 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:28 AM 7:32 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:29 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:32 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:33 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:36 AM 7:30 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:41 AM 7:30 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:42 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:35 AM 7:31 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:38 AM 7:32 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:35 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:30 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Waxahachie were on the road by 7:30 AM, 1 minute later than in 2009 (7:28 AM). Texas followed the same path, with the typical start moving 1 minute later. Commuters in Waxahachie now leave 8 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 Waxahachie has moved 11 minutes earlier.

How does Waxahachie's commute time compare?

Metric Waxahachie Texas US Average
Avg. Commute Time 21.8 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 10.5% 14.4% 15.0%
Walked 1.7% 1.5% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.9% 3.2%

The average commute time in Waxahachie is 21.8 minutes, shorter than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.

0.0% 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

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Waxahachie, Texas.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 182 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,633 at a typical national wage. That's 4% less than the typical Texas commuter spends.

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

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

How common is public transit use in Waxahachie, Texas?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.9% in Texas, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.