How long is the commute in Austin?

Average travel time to work in Austin, TX, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Austin gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 17.4 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 58.8
• Carpooled: 6.9
• Transit: 2.1
• Walked: 2.4
• From home: 27.5

Average commute (minutes)

• Austin: 17.4
• Travis County: 18.5
• TX: 23.2
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 27.5% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 5.6 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 6.9% of workers in 2015 to 27.5% in the latest estimates.