Ferry County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Ferry 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 Ferry County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Ferry County spend about 33 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 136 hours, about 5.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 27% less time on the road than the Washington average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 6.0 minutes.

Ferry County holds about 0.1% of Washington's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Ferry County would save about 55 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,692 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)
Ferry County	16.4 min	32.7 min	136 hrs/yr	$4,230	167
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.

Commute Time Map: Washington Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Washington

Walla Walla County (12.2 min)
San Juan County (12.3 min)
Asotin County (13.2 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Washington

Mason County (32.0 min)
Garfield County (28.4 min)
Snohomish County (28.3 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Ferry County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 16.4 minutes to get to work in Ferry County. That's 27% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 71% of counties in Washington

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 14.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Ferry County

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Ferry County, versus 0.2% in Washington.

Public transit is unusually rare in Ferry County: 16.0 times less than the Washington average (0.2% vs 3.4%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Ferry County, versus 0.1% in Washington.

Commute Mode Trends in Ferry County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Ferry 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	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	81.2%	12.7%	4.6%	0.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.6%
2010	81.1%	10.7%	6.4%	1.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.6%
2011	83.0%	10.7%	4.9%	1.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	84.3%	6.7%	7.9%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	86.6%	4.0%	8.1%	1.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	83.7%	5.4%	9.6%	1.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	80.3%	6.2%	11.7%	1.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2016	79.7%	5.6%	12.6%	1.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2017	80.9%	8.7%	8.8%	1.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2018	78.5%	10.8%	9.3%	0.9%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2019	78.6%	14.0%	5.9%	0.8%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2020	75.9%	14.3%	7.9%	1.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	79.5%	13.9%	5.2%	0.9%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	76.5%	16.0%	5.2%	1.3%	0.8%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	77.2%	14.5%	6.7%	1.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	74.7%	14.4%	8.0%	2.5%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2013 at 86.6%. Overall it fell from 81.2% in 2009 to 74.7% in 2024, down 6.5 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Walking gained the most ground in Ferry County: its share of workers rose from 4.6% in 2009 to 8.0% in 2024, up 3.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Riding a motorcycle lost the most ground, falling from 0.6% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 12.6% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 8.0%.

Commute Start Times in Ferry County

Hitting SnoozeThe 3rd-biggest shift to later mornings among Washington's 39 counties: the typical start is 8 minutes later than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Ferry County?

The bars show when commuters in Ferry 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		4.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		12.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.9%
7:00-7:29 AM		16.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		6.8%
8:30-8:59 AM		8.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		8.7%
10:00-10:59 AM		0.6%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.8%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Ferry County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.4% across Washington. Early starts are less common than in Washington: 14.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.6% there. The morning rush looks much like Washington's: 44.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.1% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.3%) 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 Ferry 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 Ferry 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 Ferry 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	Ferry County	Washington	United States
2009	7:15 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:23 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:21 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:16 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:14 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:16 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:17 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:21 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:28 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:27 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:30 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:29 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:17 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:15 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:14 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:23 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Ferry County were on the road by 7:23 AM, 8 minutes later than in 2009 (7:15 AM). The shift is sharper than across Washington, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Ferry County now leave 15 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 Ferry County has moved 6 minutes earlier.

How does Ferry County's commute time compare?

Metric	Ferry County	Washington	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	16.4 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	14.4%	19.8%	15.0%
Walked	8.0%	3.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	3.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Ferry County is 16.4 minutes, shorter than the 22.4 minutes in Washington.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.4% in Washington. 8.0% commute by walking, higher than the 3.0% in Washington.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Ferry County, WA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Ferry County, WA is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 7,387 residents against a local median of 43,418. Where Ferry County, WA breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 25% below the local median of 21.8 min at 16.4 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 9.3 min on one-way commute, so Ferry County, WA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Ferry County, WA has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Ferry County, WA	7,387	16.4 min #2/6	14.4% #2/6	7:23 AM #6/6
Stevens County, WA	48,063	23.2 min	11.1%	7:10 AM
Lincoln County, WA	11,488	22.5 min	13.0%	7:13 AM
Okanogan County, WA	43,418	13.9 min	16.2%	7:22 AM
Pend Oreille County, WA	14,050	21.8 min	13.4%	7:20 AM
Douglas County, WA	44,366	16.8 min	8.5%	7:12 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Ferry County, Washington.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Ferry County, Washington?

Commuters here spend an estimated 136 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,230 at a typical national wage. That's 27% less than the typical Washington commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Ferry County, Washington?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Ferry County, 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.

How common is public transit use in Ferry County, Washington?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% of commuters use it versus 3.4% in Washington, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How do commute times compare across 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).