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By AtiveSite · Published 07/11/2026 · Updated 07/11/2026 · Every figure is linked to its source below.
Among the 120 largest places in Texas, Texarkana has the smallest share of long commutes (3.9%), followed by Wichita Falls and Abilene. Click any column to sort; click a city for its guide.
Across the 120 places in Texas that we cover, the median is 15.0% and the average 15.9%; the figure runs from 3.9% (Texarkana) to 40.2% (Canyon Lake). That is a spread of 10.4 times between the two ends. The state figure is 16.9%; 51 of the 120 places are above it and 69 at or below.
The first five are Texarkana, Wichita Falls, Abilene, Lubbock, College Station. A high or low position is not good or bad on its own: short commutes can mean a self-contained job market or a small town with few employers. Use the Compare tab on each city page to see how two places differ across income, rent, commute and education, and check the county page for the local job market.
| # ⇅ | City ⇅ | County ⇅ | Commute of 45 minutes or more ⇅ | Population ⇅ | Median household income ⇅ | Median rent ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texarkana | Bowie County | 3.9% | 35,992 | $50,573 | $1,010 |
| 2 | Wichita Falls | Wichita County | 4.1% | 102,581 | $60,177 | $1,022 |
| 3 | Abilene | Taylor County | 4.6% | 128,053 | $62,648 | $1,157 |
| 4 | Lubbock | Lubbock County | 4.9% | 264,814 | $60,895 | $1,182 |
| 5 | College Station | Brazos County | 5.0% | 124,570 | $50,900 | $1,194 |
| 6 | Waco | McLennan County | 6.0% | 143,570 | $54,365 | $1,165 |
| 7 | Mission | Hidalgo County | 6.0% | 87,038 | $60,767 | $950 |
| 8 | Harlingen | Cameron County | 6.3% | 72,087 | $53,645 | $928 |
| 9 | Pharr | Hidalgo County | 6.4% | 80,333 | $52,814 | $1,037 |
| 10 | Del Rio | Val Verde County | 6.5% | 34,668 | $66,158 | $895 |
| 11 | Bryan | Brazos County | 6.6% | 87,939 | $59,289 | $1,195 |
| 12 | Farmers Branch | Dallas County | 6.9% | 36,645 | $91,186 | $1,864 |
| 13 | Tyler | Smith County | 7.1% | 109,215 | $67,486 | $1,252 |
| 14 | Brownsville | Cameron County | 7.2% | 189,177 | $52,130 | $923 |
| 15 | McAllen | Hidalgo County | 7.2% | 145,385 | $61,579 | $1,049 |
| 16 | Beaumont | Jefferson County | 7.2% | 113,279 | $56,997 | $1,121 |
| 17 | Corpus Christi | Nueces County | 7.3% | 317,419 | $67,394 | $1,292 |
| 18 | Laredo | Webb County | 7.5% | 257,619 | $63,915 | $1,030 |
| 19 | Lufkin | Angelina County | 7.8% | 34,251 | $57,048 | $1,079 |
| 20 | Midland | Midland County | 8.0% | 136,640 | $89,585 | $1,434 |
| 21 | Nacogdoches | Nacogdoches County | 8.0% | 32,197 | $39,281 | $964 |
| 22 | Amarillo | Potter County | 8.0% | 201,885 | $65,912 | $1,092 |
| 23 | San Juan | Hidalgo County | 8.1% | 36,149 | $56,562 | $961 |
| 24 | El Paso | El Paso County | 8.2% | 680,130 | $59,745 | $1,073 |
| 25 | Grapevine | Tarrant County | 8.3% | 51,139 | $111,376 | $1,863 |
| 26 | San Angelo | Tom Green County | 8.4% | 99,674 | $65,864 | $1,153 |
| 27 | Longview | Gregg County | 8.7% | 82,923 | $63,340 | $1,101 |
| 28 | Edinburg | Hidalgo County | 8.8% | 104,550 | $59,466 | $996 |
| 29 | Coppell | Dallas County | 9.3% | 42,154 | $146,235 | $2,022 |
| 30 | Carrollton | Denton County | 9.8% | 133,740 | $101,396 | $1,735 |
| 31 | Bedford | Tarrant County | 9.9% | 49,085 | $83,971 | $1,502 |
| 32 | Weslaco | Hidalgo County | 9.9% | 42,229 | $59,551 | $967 |
| 33 | Odessa | Ector County | 10.1% | 115,322 | $73,472 | $1,315 |
| 34 | Irving | Dallas County | 10.2% | 256,492 | $81,830 | $1,619 |
| 35 | Austin | Travis County | 10.2% | 979,539 | $93,658 | $1,729 |
| 36 | Temple | Bell County | 10.7% | 89,602 | $68,204 | $1,231 |
| 37 | Richardson | Dallas County | 10.8% | 118,731 | $98,111 | $1,857 |
| 38 | Lewisville | Denton County | 10.8% | 131,080 | $89,233 | $1,670 |
| 39 | San Antonio | Bexar County | 11.0% | 1,479,835 | $65,056 | $1,324 |
| 40 | Port Arthur | Orange County | 11.3% | 55,828 | $46,354 | $1,021 |
| 41 | Hurst | Tarrant County | 11.5% | 39,861 | $72,210 | $1,358 |
| 42 | Haltom City | Tarrant County | 11.7% | 45,767 | $59,057 | $1,415 |
| 43 | Galveston | Galveston County | 11.8% | 53,424 | $55,631 | $1,298 |
| 44 | Victoria | Victoria County | 12.0% | 65,625 | $67,226 | $1,172 |
| 45 | Pflugerville | Travis County | 12.3% | 65,971 | $117,799 | $1,932 |
| 46 | Socorro | El Paso County | 12.3% | 37,123 | $54,744 | $1,032 |
| 47 | Southlake | Tarrant County | 12.8% | 31,137 | $250,001 | $3,501 |
| 48 | Harker Heights | Bell County | 13.0% | 34,128 | $81,190 | $1,146 |
| 49 | Round Rock | Williamson County | 13.1% | 127,786 | $99,287 | $1,763 |
| 50 | Flower Mound | Denton County | 13.2% | 78,389 | $161,235 | $2,231 |
| 51 | Euless | Tarrant County | 13.2% | 60,421 | $82,167 | $1,690 |
| 52 | Plano | Collin County | 13.4% | 290,594 | $112,253 | $1,841 |
| 53 | Cleburne | Johnson County | 14.0% | 34,344 | $70,656 | $1,322 |
| 54 | Dallas | Dallas County | 14.1% | 1,307,930 | $70,518 | $1,472 |
| 55 | Sherman | Grayson County | 14.1% | 46,397 | $58,859 | $1,324 |
| 56 | Duncanville | Dallas County | 14.2% | 39,683 | $76,457 | $1,630 |
| 57 | Deer Park | Harris County | 14.3% | 33,967 | $100,382 | $1,318 |
| 58 | Huntsville | Walker County | 14.7% | 47,864 | $47,529 | $1,035 |
| 59 | Cedar Park | Williamson County | 14.8% | 78,301 | $129,545 | $1,846 |
| 60 | La Porte | Harris County | 14.9% | 36,730 | $80,753 | $1,378 |
| 61 | The Colony | Denton County | 15.0% | 45,454 | $114,511 | $1,958 |
| 62 | Arlington | Tarrant County | 15.4% | 397,742 | $75,171 | $1,470 |
| 63 | Texas City | Galveston County | 15.6% | 55,364 | $68,776 | $1,307 |
| 64 | Houston | Harris County | 15.7% | 2,328,253 | $64,813 | $1,361 |
| 65 | Keller | Tarrant County | 15.7% | 45,976 | $174,950 | $2,144 |
| 66 | Denton | Denton County | 15.8% | 152,866 | $76,019 | $1,420 |
| 67 | San Marcos | Hays County | 16.2% | 70,897 | $51,281 | $1,322 |
| 68 | Fort Worth | Tarrant County | 16.8% | 963,194 | $79,507 | $1,509 |
| 69 | Baytown | Harris County | 16.9% | 85,205 | $59,910 | $1,307 |
| 70 | Grand Prairie | Dallas County | 17.2% | 201,883 | $81,619 | $1,629 |
| 71 | North Richland Hills | Tarrant County | 17.4% | 70,780 | $97,305 | $1,704 |
| 72 | Killeen | Bell County | 17.5% | 158,159 | $60,977 | $1,208 |
| 73 | Pasadena | Harris County | 17.5% | 149,433 | $64,927 | $1,213 |
| 74 | Mansfield | Tarrant County | 18.1% | 77,510 | $121,126 | $1,954 |
| 75 | Weatherford | Parker County | 18.4% | 35,788 | $81,516 | $1,527 |
| 76 | Frisco | Collin County | 18.6% | 219,304 | $150,212 | $2,014 |
| 77 | Seguin | Guadalupe County | 19.0% | 33,754 | $64,861 | $1,187 |
| 78 | McKinney | Collin County | 19.0% | 210,600 | $124,215 | $1,901 |
| 79 | New Braunfels | Comal County | 19.5% | 104,643 | $86,021 | $1,654 |
| 80 | Lancaster | Dallas County | 19.5% | 40,820 | $68,302 | $1,704 |
| 81 | Waxahachie | Ellis County | 19.6% | 45,347 | $85,723 | $1,618 |
| 82 | Timberwood Park (unincorporated) | Bexar County | 19.6% | 35,413 | $157,100 | $1,998 |
| 83 | Channelview (unincorporated) | Harris County | 19.9% | 43,605 | $64,422 | $1,279 |
| 84 | Allen | Collin County | 20.0% | 110,265 | $130,901 | $1,932 |
| 85 | Greenville | Hunt County | 20.0% | 31,222 | $62,781 | $1,311 |
| 86 | Garland | Dallas County | 20.1% | 246,844 | $76,320 | $1,641 |
| 87 | Missouri City | Fort Bend County | 20.2% | 76,558 | $94,390 | $1,931 |
| 88 | Hutto | Williamson County | 20.4% | 35,483 | $118,834 | $2,255 |
| 89 | Friendswood | Galveston County | 20.6% | 41,030 | $126,508 | $1,688 |
| 90 | Conroe | Montgomery County | 20.7% | 102,360 | $76,206 | $1,393 |
| 91 | Georgetown | Williamson County | 20.8% | 85,999 | $95,062 | $1,795 |
| 92 | The Woodlands (unincorporated) | Montgomery County | 20.9% | 121,002 | $140,701 | $1,822 |
| 93 | Sugar Land | Fort Bend County | 21.1% | 110,016 | $136,217 | $1,957 |
| 94 | Sachse | Dallas County | 21.1% | 30,491 | $131,808 | $1,798 |
| 95 | Burleson | Johnson County | 21.4% | 52,918 | $93,928 | $1,685 |
| 96 | Cedar Hill | Dallas County | 21.5% | 48,879 | $101,909 | $1,993 |
| 97 | Cibolo | Guadalupe County | 21.8% | 35,109 | $122,365 | $2,112 |
| 98 | DeSoto | Dallas County | 21.9% | 56,211 | $82,782 | $1,666 |
| 99 | Rosenberg | Fort Bend County | 21.9% | 40,646 | $65,668 | $1,379 |
| 100 | Prosper | Collin County | 21.9% | 37,869 | $195,281 | $2,176 |
| 101 | Copperas Cove | Coryell County | 22.0% | 37,947 | $71,225 | $1,043 |
| 102 | Leander | Williamson County | 22.3% | 74,067 | $139,048 | $1,939 |
| 103 | Schertz | Guadalupe County | 22.8% | 44,050 | $99,948 | $1,659 |
| 104 | League City | Galveston County | 23.3% | 116,215 | $121,099 | $1,684 |
| 105 | Rowlett | Dallas County | 24.8% | 65,463 | $112,081 | $1,990 |
| 106 | Mission Bend (unincorporated) | Fort Bend County | 24.9% | 36,586 | $67,282 | $1,747 |
| 107 | Midlothian | Ellis County | 25.5% | 39,356 | $126,641 | $2,013 |
| 108 | Pearland | Brazoria County | 25.6% | 127,514 | $118,842 | $1,860 |
| 109 | Wylie | Collin County | 26.3% | 60,334 | $119,522 | $2,189 |
| 110 | West Odessa (unincorporated) | Ector County | 26.4% | 32,594 | $65,234 | $891 |
| 111 | Mesquite | Dallas County | 26.5% | 149,299 | $72,537 | $1,513 |
| 112 | Spring (unincorporated) | Harris County | 28.1% | 68,580 | $88,997 | $1,711 |
| 113 | Forney | Kaufman County | 29.9% | 31,532 | $104,112 | $1,828 |
| 114 | Celina | Collin County | 30.5% | 34,268 | $170,894 | $2,379 |
| 115 | Kyle | Hays County | 32.1% | 56,823 | $90,323 | $1,752 |
| 116 | Rockwall | Rockwall County | 32.6% | 51,168 | $115,580 | $1,947 |
| 117 | Little Elm | Denton County | 33.0% | 54,820 | $119,219 | $1,953 |
| 118 | Atascocita (unincorporated) | Harris County | 33.6% | 99,354 | $118,226 | $1,849 |
| 119 | Fulshear | Fort Bend County | 39.7% | 34,868 | $187,035 | $1,952 |
| 120 | Canyon Lake (unincorporated) | Comal County | 40.2% | 33,883 | $97,301 | $1,327 |
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Texarkana, with 3.9% (among the 120 largest places; ACS 2020–2024).
The 120 largest places in Texas by population.