Bremerton Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Bremerton, Washington: 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 Bremerton: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Bremerton spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 156 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 16% less time on the road than the Washington average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 3.6 minutes.

Bremerton holds about 0.6% of Washington's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Bremerton would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,937 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)
Bremerton	18.7 min	37.5 min	156 hrs/yr	$4,843	1,840
Washington	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,785	1,525
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.

Bremerton Commute Map

On average, it takes 18.7 minutes to get to work in Bremerton. That's 16% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Bremerton

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Bremerton: 6.3 times more than the Washington average (1.0% vs 0.2%).

Walking is unusually common in Bremerton: 3.8 times more than the Washington average (11.5% vs 3.0%).

Bremerton stands out for active commuting: 12.5% of workers walk or bike to work, 3.4 times the Washington average of 3.7%.

Commute Mode Trends in Bremerton, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Bremerton 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	Bicycle	Motorcycle	Taxi
2009	79.9%	2.3%	5.7%	9.2%	1.5%	0.9%	0.2%	0.3%
2010	74.2%	3.2%	11.6%	8.1%	1.4%	0.9%	0.3%	0.2%
2011	72.6%	10.3%	8.6%	6.2%	1.0%	0.8%	0.3%	0.2%
2012	71.2%	8.7%	10.8%	6.5%	0.8%	1.2%	0.5%	0.3%
2013	69.9%	7.9%	12.5%	7.0%	0.7%	1.1%	0.7%	0.1%
2014	69.6%	7.8%	13.2%	7.2%	0.4%	0.9%	0.7%	0.3%
2015	67.5%	7.3%	14.0%	8.5%	0.8%	0.9%	0.7%	0.2%
2016	66.8%	5.3%	15.1%	10.0%	0.8%	1.0%	0.7%	0.2%
2017	69.1%	3.3%	15.6%	9.6%	0.9%	0.7%	0.7%	0.2%
2018	70.7%	3.7%	14.8%	8.4%	0.9%	0.7%	0.5%	0.2%
2019	67.3%	3.5%	18.5%	8.5%	1.0%	0.6%	0.5%	0.2%
2020	67.0%	5.2%	18.8%	7.3%	0.7%	0.5%	0.3%	0.2%
2021	66.7%	6.7%	17.1%	7.0%	0.9%	1.1%	0.4%	0.2%
2022	67.3%	8.0%	15.9%	6.3%	1.0%	1.1%	0.2%	0.2%
2023	67.4%	9.5%	13.7%	6.9%	1.0%	1.0%	0.4%	0.2%
2024	67.3%	11.7%	11.5%	6.0%	1.2%	1.1%	1.0%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2021 at 66.7%. Overall it fell from 79.9% in 2009 to 67.3% in 2024, down 12.6 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Bremerton: its share of workers rose from 2.3% in 2009 to 11.7% in 2024, up 9.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 9.2% to 6.0% of workers (down 3.2 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 18.8% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 11.5%.

Commute Start Times in Bremerton

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Bremerton?

The bars show when commuters in Bremerton 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 Washington for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		7.7%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		8.1%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.4%
6:30-6:59 AM		14.5%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.6%
7:30-7:59 AM		8.7%
8:00-8:29 AM		5.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		2.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.5%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.8%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.3%

Bremerton Washington Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Bremerton is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 14.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 9.5% across Washington. Early starts are more common than in Washington: 21.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.6% there. The morning rush looks much like Washington's: 42.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.0%) 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 Bremerton, 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 Bremerton 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 Bremerton next to Washington 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	Bremerton	Washington	United States
2009	7:26 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:16 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:15 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:11 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:10 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:09 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:11 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:06 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:09 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:08 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:05 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:09 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:08 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:07 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:11 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:11 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Bremerton were on the road by 7:11 AM, 15 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:26 AM). That goes against the trend across Washington, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Bremerton now leave 27 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 Bremerton has moved 6 minutes later.

How does Bremerton's commute time compare?

Metric	Bremerton	Washington	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.7 min	22.4 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	11.7%	19.8%	15.0%
Walked	11.5%	3.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	6.0%	3.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Bremerton is 18.7 minutes, shorter than the 22.4 minutes in Washington.

6.0% commute by public transit, higher than the 3.4% in Washington. 11.5% commute by walking, higher than the 3.0% in Washington.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Bremerton, Washington.

Is living in Bremerton, Washington good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 156 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,843 at a typical national wage. That's 16% less than the typical Washington commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Bremerton, Washington?

Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Bremerton, Washington. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.