Commuting in Clallam County, 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 Clallam County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Clallam County spend about 31 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 129 hours, about 5.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 31% less time on the road than the Washington average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 7.0 minutes.
Clallam County holds about 1.0% of Washington's population but accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Clallam County would save about 51 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,595 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)
Clallam County
15.4 min
30.9 min
129 hrs/yr
$3,988
848
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.
On average, it takes
15.4
minutes to get to work in
Clallam County.
That's 31% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 82% of counties in Washington
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 13.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Clallam County
Car:
80.3%
Worked at Home:
13.5%
Walked:
3.2%
Other:
1.2%
Public Transportation:
1.0%unusually low
Bicycle:
0.7%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Clallam County: 3.5 times less than the Washington average (1.0% vs 3.4%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Clallam County, versus 0.1% in Washington.
Commute Mode Trends in Clallam County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Clallam 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
Walked
Other
Public Transportation
Bicycle
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
85.1%
6.3%
4.4%
2.1%
1.0%
0.6%
0.3%
0.1%
2010
85.9%
6.0%
3.8%
1.8%
1.2%
0.8%
0.3%
0.2%
2011
85.4%
6.2%
3.8%
1.1%
2.0%
1.0%
0.3%
0.2%
2012
84.6%
6.3%
3.7%
1.2%
2.7%
1.1%
0.3%
0.1%
2013
85.2%
5.3%
3.9%
1.2%
2.9%
1.1%
0.3%
0.1%
2014
85.3%
5.0%
4.4%
1.2%
2.7%
1.0%
0.5%
0.0%
2015
86.0%
4.9%
4.4%
0.9%
2.3%
1.0%
0.4%
0.0%
2016
87.0%
5.2%
4.0%
0.9%
1.4%
1.1%
0.4%
0.0%
2017
87.4%
5.6%
3.5%
0.8%
1.1%
0.9%
0.6%
0.0%
2018
87.8%
6.1%
3.4%
0.6%
0.8%
0.6%
0.6%
0.0%
2019
86.9%
7.0%
3.4%
0.9%
1.1%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
2020
85.1%
8.3%
3.7%
1.2%
1.0%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
2021
82.4%
9.9%
4.9%
1.2%
1.0%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
2022
81.6%
11.4%
4.5%
1.0%
1.0%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
81.1%
12.5%
3.4%
1.4%
1.1%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
80.3%
13.5%
3.2%
1.2%
1.0%
0.7%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2018 at 87.8%. Overall it fell from 85.1% in 2009 to 80.3% in 2024, down 4.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Clallam County: its share of workers rose from 6.3% in 2009 to 13.5% in 2024, up 7.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.4% to 3.2% of workers (down 1.2 percentage points).
Public transit peaked at 2.9% in 2013 and has since fallen back to 1.0%.
Commute Start Times in Clallam County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Clallam County?
The bars show when commuters in Clallam 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 Washington for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMClallam County4.8%Washington7.1%
4.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMClallam County2.8%Washington4.7%
2.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMClallam County4.2%Washington5.8%
4.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMClallam County6.7%Washington8.6%
6.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMClallam County7.5%Washington9.5%
7.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMClallam County10.6%Washington12.4%
10.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMClallam County19.5%Washington11.0%
19.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMClallam County12.7%Washington10.2%
12.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMClallam County6.0%Washington5.5%
6.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMClallam County7.2%Washington7.5%
7.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMClallam County4.0%Washington3.5%
4.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMClallam County1.5%Washington1.7%
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMClallam County8.5%Washington6.9%
8.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMClallam County4.2%Washington5.6%
4.2%
Clallam CountyWashingtonSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Clallam County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 19.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.0% across Washington. Early starts are less common than in Washington: 11.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Washington: 50.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.4%) 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 Clallam 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 Clallam 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 Clallam County 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
Clallam County
Washington
United States
2009
7:47 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:47 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:45 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:44 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:43 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:44 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:44 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:44 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:45 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:43 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:41 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:45 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:44 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:46 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:49 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:51 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Clallam County were on the road by 7:51 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:47 AM). The shift is sharper than across Washington, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Clallam County now leave 13 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 Clallam County has moved 10 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Clallam County in the whole series.
How does Clallam County's commute time compare?
Metric
Clallam County
Washington
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
15.4 min
22.4 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
13.5%
19.8%
15.0%
Walked
3.2%
3.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.0%
3.4%
3.2%
The average commute time in Clallam County is 15.4 minutes, shorter than the 22.4 minutes in Washington.
1.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.4% in Washington. 3.2% commute by walking, higher than the 3.0% in Washington.
Clallam County, WA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Clallam County, WA is typical in size for this group, 77,813 residents against a local median of 67,950, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Clallam County, WA sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.
The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 12% below the local median at 15.4 min against 17.5 min. Clallam County, WA has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Clallam County, Washington.
Is living in Clallam County, Washington good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 129 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,988 at a typical national wage. That's 31% less than the typical Washington commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Clallam County, Washington?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Clallam County, Washington. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Clallam County, Washington?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 1.0% of commuters use it versus 3.4% in Washington, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in Washington?
Among counties in Washington, the shortest average commutes are in Walla Walla County (12.2 min), San Juan County (12.3 min), Asotin County (13.2 min). The longest are in Mason County (32.0 min), Garfield County (28.4 min), Snohomish County (28.3 min).