Commuting in Grant 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 Grant County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Grant 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 6.1 minutes.
Grant County holds about 1.3% of Washington's population but accounts for roughly 1.0% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Grant County would save about 54 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,685 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)
Grant County
16.3 min
32.6 min
136 hrs/yr
$4,213
432
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
16.3
minutes to get to work in
Grant County.
That's 27% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 74% of counties in Washington
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Grant County
Car:
85.6%
Worked at Home:
9.7%
Walked:
1.9%
Public Transportation:
1.6%
Other:
1.1%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Grant County, versus 0.1% in Washington.
Biking is unusually rare in Grant County: 9.5 times less than the Washington average (0.1% vs 0.6%).
Commute Mode Trends in Grant County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Grant 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
Public Transportation
Other
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Taxi
2009
88.6%
5.5%
2.7%
0.4%
1.7%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
2010
87.9%
5.5%
3.2%
0.7%
1.6%
0.6%
0.4%
0.0%
2011
87.3%
5.9%
3.7%
0.9%
1.6%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2012
86.7%
6.4%
3.4%
0.9%
2.0%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
2013
86.3%
6.4%
3.5%
1.1%
2.2%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2014
85.3%
6.3%
3.5%
2.6%
2.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2015
86.7%
5.5%
2.8%
2.4%
2.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2016
85.3%
6.6%
2.9%
2.8%
2.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
86.6%
6.2%
2.9%
2.1%
2.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2018
87.0%
5.6%
3.2%
2.0%
1.9%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2019
88.0%
6.1%
3.3%
0.6%
1.6%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2020
86.3%
8.0%
2.7%
1.1%
1.5%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2021
88.1%
7.5%
1.9%
0.8%
1.0%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
2022
86.9%
8.1%
2.2%
1.3%
1.1%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2023
86.2%
9.2%
1.8%
1.5%
0.9%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2024
85.6%
9.7%
1.9%
1.6%
1.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2014 at 85.3%. Overall it fell from 88.6% in 2009 to 85.6% in 2024, down 3.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Grant County: its share of workers rose from 5.5% in 2009 to 9.7% in 2024, up 4.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.7% to 1.9% of workers (down 0.8 percentage points).
Public transit overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 4th most common choice in the 2010 release and has stayed ahead since.
Public transit peaked at 2.8% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 1.6%.
Commute Start Times in Grant County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Grant County?
The bars show when commuters in Grant 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 AMGrant County7.3%Washington7.1%
7.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMGrant County8.1%Washington4.7%
8.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMGrant County6.6%Washington5.8%
6.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMGrant County10.9%Washington8.6%
10.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMGrant County12.5%Washington9.5%
12.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMGrant County13.9%Washington12.4%
13.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMGrant County12.9%Washington11.0%
12.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMGrant County6.5%Washington10.2%
6.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMGrant County3.0%Washington5.5%
3.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMGrant County4.1%Washington7.5%
4.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMGrant County2.3%Washington3.5%
2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMGrant County0.5%Washington1.7%
0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMGrant County5.7%Washington6.9%
5.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMGrant County5.7%Washington5.6%
5.7%
Grant CountyWashingtonSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Grant County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.4% across Washington. Early starts are more common than in Washington: 22.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Washington: 45.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.1% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.3%) 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 Grant 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 Grant 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 Grant 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
Grant County
Washington
United States
2009
7:17 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:16 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:16 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:15 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:16 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:12 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:12 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:11 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:07 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:02 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:05 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:07 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:08 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:09 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:11 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:10 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Grant County were on the road by 7:10 AM, 8 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:17 AM). That goes against the trend across Washington, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Grant County now leave 28 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 Grant County has moved 4 minutes later.
How does Grant County's commute time compare?
Metric
Grant County
Washington
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
16.3 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
9.7%
19.8%
15.0%
Walked
1.9%
3.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.6%
3.4%
3.2%
The average commute time in Grant County is 16.3 minutes, shorter than the 22.4 minutes in Washington.
1.6% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.4% in Washington. 1.9% commute by walking, lower than the 3.0% in Washington.
Grant County, WA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Grant County, WA is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 101,798 residents against a local median of 44,366. Grant 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 work from home, 14% above the local median at 9.7% against 8.5%. Grant County, WA has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Grant County, Washington.
Is living in Grant County, Washington good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 136 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,213 at a typical national wage. That's 27% less than the typical Washington commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Grant County, Washington?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Grant County, Washington. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Which counties in Washington have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).