Commuting in Williamson County, 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 Williamson County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Williamson County spend about 51 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 214 hours, about 8.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 13% more time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 2.9 minutes.
Williamson County holds about 2.2% of Texas's population but accounts for roughly 2.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Williamson County would save about 86 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,655 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)
Williamson County
25.7 min
51.4 min
214 hrs/yr
$6,638
2,889
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.
On average, it takes
25.7
minutes to get to work in
Williamson County.
That's 15% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 81% of counties in Texas
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 25.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Williamson County
Car:
71.6%
Worked at Home:
25.4%
Other:
1.3%
Walked:
0.8%
Public Transportation:
0.3%unusually low
Taxi:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Public transit is unusually rare in Williamson County: 3.4 times less than the Texas average (0.3% vs 0.9%).
Commute Mode Trends in Williamson County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Williamson County 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
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
92.0%
5.2%
0.7%
1.1%
0.5%
0.0%
0.4%
0.2%
2010
91.6%
5.6%
0.6%
1.0%
0.5%
0.1%
0.4%
0.2%
2011
90.9%
6.2%
0.7%
1.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.4%
0.2%
2012
90.4%
6.6%
0.8%
1.0%
0.5%
0.1%
0.4%
0.3%
2013
90.2%
6.9%
0.7%
1.0%
0.5%
0.1%
0.3%
0.2%
2014
90.1%
7.1%
0.7%
0.9%
0.6%
0.0%
0.4%
0.2%
2015
90.0%
6.9%
0.8%
0.9%
0.7%
0.0%
0.3%
0.3%
2016
89.9%
7.1%
0.7%
0.9%
0.8%
0.1%
0.3%
0.3%
2017
89.4%
7.7%
0.7%
0.9%
0.8%
0.0%
0.2%
0.3%
2018
89.3%
7.9%
0.7%
0.8%
0.8%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
2019
88.6%
8.5%
0.6%
0.9%
0.9%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2020
85.4%
11.6%
0.8%
1.0%
0.7%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2021
80.6%
16.6%
0.9%
0.9%
0.6%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
2022
76.7%
20.3%
1.1%
0.9%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
2023
73.6%
23.3%
1.2%
1.0%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
2024
71.6%
25.4%
1.3%
0.8%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 92.0% in 2009 to 71.6% in 2024, down 20.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 15 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Williamson County: its share of workers rose from 5.2% in 2009 to 25.4% in 2024, up 20.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 16.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Commute Start Times in Williamson County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Williamson County?
The bars show when commuters in Williamson County 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 AMWilliamson County3.9%Texas5.5%
3.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMWilliamson County3.5%Texas4.4%
3.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMWilliamson County4.0%Texas5.1%
4.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMWilliamson County7.6%Texas9.3%
7.6%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMWilliamson County9.6%Texas9.3%
9.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMWilliamson County16.0%Texas15.3%
16.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMWilliamson County12.6%Texas11.8%
12.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMWilliamson County11.9%Texas11.5%
11.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMWilliamson County5.7%Texas4.8%
5.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMWilliamson County8.4%Texas6.7%
8.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMWilliamson County3.4%Texas3.1%
3.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMWilliamson County1.6%Texas1.3%
1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMWilliamson County5.1%Texas5.8%
5.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMWilliamson County6.8%Texas6.2%
6.8%
Williamson CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Williamson County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across Texas. Early starts are less common than in Texas: 11.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Texas: 50.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.3%) 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 Williamson County, 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 Williamson County 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 Williamson County 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
Williamson County
Texas
United States
2009
7:30 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:35 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:36 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:37 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:37 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:37 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:36 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:36 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:36 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:38 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:40 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:40 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:42 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:44 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:43 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Williamson County were on the road by 7:43 AM, 13 minutes later than in 2009 (7:30 AM). The shift is sharper than across Texas, where the typical start moved 1 minute later. Commuters in Williamson County 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 Williamson County has moved 6 minutes later.
How does Williamson County's commute time compare?
Metric
Williamson County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
25.7 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
25.4%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
0.8%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Williamson County is 25.7 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.
Williamson County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Williamson County, TX is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 671,548 residents against a local median of 106,582. The measure that sets Williamson County, TX apart most is work from home: 25.4%, 90% above the local median of 13.4%.
The counties themselves spread 20.8% on work from home, so Williamson County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Williamson County, TX has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Williamson County, Texas.
Is living in Williamson County, Texas good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 214 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,638 at a typical national wage. That's 13% more than the typical Texas commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Williamson County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Williamson County, 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 Williamson County, 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 Williamson County, Texas?
About 25.4% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Williamson County would save about 86 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,655 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Which counties in Texas have the fastest and slowest commutes?
Among counties in Texas, the shortest average commutes are in Loving County (3.3 min), King County (5.8 min), Terrell County (6.5 min). The longest are in Bandera County (38.6 min), San Jacinto County (35.9 min), Liberty County (33.6 min).