Everett Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Everett, 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 Everett: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Everett spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 186 hours, about 7.8 full days, spent commuting. That is about the same time on the road as the Washington average of 22.4 minutes each way.

Everett holds about 1.4% of Washington's population and accounts for roughly 1.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Everett would save about 75 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,312 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)
Everett	22.4 min	44.7 min	186 hrs/yr	$5,780	3,252
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.

Everett Commute Map

On average, it takes 22.4 minutes to get to work in Everett. That's about the same as the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 12.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Everett

Commute Mode Trends in Everett, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Everett 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	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	86.3%	4.7%	3.2%	4.6%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.4%
2010	85.1%	4.6%	3.6%	5.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%
2011	83.6%	5.8%	3.5%	5.8%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.4%
2012	83.1%	5.4%	3.9%	6.1%	0.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.4%
2013	82.7%	5.5%	3.9%	6.2%	0.8%	0.5%	0.1%	0.3%
2014	82.8%	5.5%	3.6%	5.9%	0.9%	0.8%	0.1%	0.4%
2015	81.9%	6.0%	3.3%	6.6%	0.9%	0.9%	0.1%	0.4%
2016	82.0%	5.7%	3.7%	6.3%	1.0%	0.9%	0.1%	0.4%
2017	82.8%	5.1%	3.6%	6.3%	1.0%	0.8%	0.1%	0.3%
2018	83.5%	4.7%	4.0%	6.1%	0.9%	0.6%	0.0%	0.3%
2019	83.7%	4.4%	4.3%	6.2%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%
2020	82.7%	5.7%	4.7%	5.4%	0.8%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2021	81.5%	8.4%	4.2%	4.6%	0.7%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2022	79.0%	11.1%	4.3%	4.1%	0.7%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%
2023	78.7%	12.5%	3.7%	3.3%	0.9%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%
2024	78.4%	12.7%	3.6%	3.5%	1.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 86.3% in 2009 to 78.4% in 2024, down 7.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Everett: its share of workers rose from 4.7% in 2009 to 12.7% in 2024, up 8.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 4.6% to 3.5% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 4.7% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 3.6%.

Commute Start Times in Everett

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Everett?

The bars show when commuters in Everett 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		8.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		7.9%
5:30-5:59 AM		7.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.9%
7:00-7:29 AM		10.5%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.6%
8:00-8:29 AM		6.8%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.7%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.7%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.9%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Everett is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 10.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.4% across Washington. Early starts are more common than in Washington: 23.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.6% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Washington: 36.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.7%) 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 Everett, 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 Everett 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 Everett 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	Everett	Washington	United States
2009	7:19 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:20 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:21 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:25 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:24 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:22 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:19 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:19 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:19 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:20 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:20 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:20 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:23 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:18 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:22 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:18 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Everett were on the road by 7:18 AM, 1 minute earlier than in 2009 (7:19 AM). That goes against the trend across Washington, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Everett now leave 20 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 Everett has moved 2 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Everett in the whole series.

How does Everett's commute time compare?

Metric	Everett	Washington	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.4 min	22.4 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	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	12.7%	19.8%	15.0%
Walked	3.6%	3.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	3.5%	3.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Everett is about the same as in Washington.

3.5% commute by public transit, higher than the 3.4% in Washington. 3.6% commute by walking, higher than the 3.0% in Washington.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Everett, WA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Everett, WA compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Everett, WA	112,662	22.4 min #1/3	12.7% #3/3	7:18 AM #1/3
Eastmont, WA	25,029	22.5 min	18.8%	7:32 AM
Mill Creek, WA	22,980	28.8 min	29.9%	7:23 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Everett, Washington.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Everett, Washington?

Commuters here spend an estimated 186 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,780 at a typical national wage.

When is rush hour worst in Everett, Washington?

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