Graham Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Graham, 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 Graham: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Graham spend about 76 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 317 hours, about 13.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 70% more time on the road than the Washington average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 15.6 minutes.

Graham holds about 0.5% of Washington's population but accounts for roughly 0.8% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Graham would save about 127 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,927 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)
Graham	38.0 min	76.0 min	317 hrs/yr	$9,817	2,793
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.

Graham Commute Map

On average, it takes 38.0 minutes to get to work in Graham. That's 70% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Graham

Walking is unusually rare in Graham: 8.1 times less than the Washington average (0.4% vs 3.0%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Graham: 6357.5 times less than the Washington average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Biking is unusually rare in Graham: 6.8 times less than the Washington average (0.1% vs 0.6%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Graham: just 0.5%, 7.8 times below the Washington average of 3.7%.

Commute Mode Trends in Graham, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Graham 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	Public Transportation	Other	Walked	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Taxi
2009	92.3%	4.1%	2.1%	0.5%	0.7%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	92.8%	4.0%	1.8%	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	92.9%	3.5%	1.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	92.0%	3.9%	1.7%	0.7%	1.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	92.0%	3.7%	1.6%	0.6%	1.7%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	92.2%	3.0%	1.9%	0.6%	2.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	91.6%	3.6%	1.8%	0.5%	2.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	92.4%	4.3%	1.7%	0.3%	1.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	93.5%	3.6%	1.6%	0.3%	0.6%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2018	93.4%	3.8%	1.5%	0.7%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2019	92.2%	4.7%	1.7%	0.9%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2020	90.2%	5.7%	1.4%	1.7%	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	89.1%	7.7%	1.2%	1.4%	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%
2022	88.2%	9.2%	1.1%	1.0%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	86.3%	10.8%	1.4%	0.9%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	86.0%	11.2%	1.2%	0.8%	0.4%	0.3%	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 2017 at 93.5%. Overall it fell from 92.3% in 2009 to 86.0% in 2024, down 6.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Graham: its share of workers rose from 4.1% in 2009 to 11.2% in 2024, up 7.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.1% to 1.2% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 2.2% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 0.4%.

Commute Start Times in Graham

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Graham?

The bars show when commuters in Graham 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		14.6%
5:00-5:29 AM		7.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		8.5%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.9%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.3%
7:30-7:59 AM		6.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		7.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		1.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.5%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.5%
4:00-11:59 PM		7.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Graham is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 14.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 7.1% across Washington. Early starts are more common than in Washington: 30.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.6% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Washington: 35.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.1% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.8%) 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 Graham, 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 Graham 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 Graham 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	Graham	Washington	United States
2009	7:06 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:08 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:06 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:09 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:13 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:10 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:05 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:06 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:03 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	6:58 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	6:59 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	6:58 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	6:59 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:01 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:03 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	6:58 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Graham were on the road by 6:58 AM, 8 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:06 AM). That goes against the trend across Washington, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Graham now leave 40 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Graham's commute time compare?

Metric	Graham	Washington	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	38.0 min	22.4 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	12:00 AM – 04:59 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	11.2%	19.8%	15.0%
Walked	0.4%	3.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.2%	3.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Graham is 38.0 minutes, longer than the 22.4 minutes in Washington.

1.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.4% in Washington. 0.4% commute by walking, lower than the 3.0% in Washington.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Graham, WA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Graham, WA	35,815	38.0 min #3/3	11.2% #2/3	6:58 AM #1/3
South Hill, WA	63,936	30.9 min	14.1%	7:17 AM
Frederickson, WA	25,107	32.4 min	9.9%	7:18 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Graham, Washington.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 317 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $9,817 at a typical national wage. That's 70% more than the typical Washington commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM in Graham, 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.