Commuting in Grays Harbor 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 Grays Harbor County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Grays Harbor County spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 151 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 19% less time on the road than the Washington average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 4.3 minutes.
Grays Harbor County holds about 1.0% of Washington's population but accounts for roughly 0.8% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Grays Harbor County would save about 60 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,867 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)
Grays Harbor County
18.1 min
36.1 min
151 hrs/yr
$4,667
994
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
18.1
minutes to get to work in
Grays Harbor County.
That's 19% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
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 10.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Grays Harbor County
Car:
82.9%
Worked at Home:
10.3%
Walked:
3.3%
Other:
1.7%
Public Transportation:
1.2%
Bicycle:
0.5%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Grays Harbor County, versus 0.1% in Washington.
Commute Mode Trends in Grays Harbor County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Grays Harbor 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
90.6%
3.8%
3.2%
0.4%
1.2%
0.7%
0.1%
0.0%
2010
89.4%
4.6%
3.4%
0.6%
1.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
88.5%
4.6%
3.8%
0.8%
1.7%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
2012
88.2%
4.3%
3.9%
1.1%
1.9%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2013
88.4%
4.8%
3.0%
1.2%
1.9%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
2014
89.0%
4.9%
2.7%
1.1%
1.7%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
2015
90.3%
3.9%
2.2%
1.2%
1.5%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
2016
89.6%
5.2%
2.0%
1.1%
1.5%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
2017
89.4%
6.4%
2.2%
0.6%
0.9%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2018
88.5%
6.7%
2.4%
0.7%
0.9%
0.7%
0.0%
0.1%
2019
87.7%
6.7%
3.0%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
2020
87.5%
7.0%
3.1%
0.9%
1.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
85.8%
7.9%
4.0%
0.7%
0.9%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
85.0%
8.4%
3.9%
0.8%
1.1%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
83.1%
9.4%
3.7%
1.4%
1.7%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
2024
82.9%
10.3%
3.3%
1.7%
1.2%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 90.6% in 2009 to 82.9% in 2024, down 7.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 9 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Grays Harbor County: its share of workers rose from 3.8% in 2009 to 10.3% in 2024, up 6.5 percentage points.
Commute Start Times in Grays Harbor County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Grays Harbor County?
The bars show when commuters in Grays Harbor 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.
Grays Harbor CountyWashingtonSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Grays Harbor County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.4% across Washington. Early starts are more common than in Washington: 20.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.6% there. The morning rush looks much like Washington's: 44.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.0%) 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 Grays Harbor 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 Grays Harbor 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 Grays Harbor 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
Grays Harbor County
Washington
United States
2009
7:33 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:32 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:34 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:34 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:35 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:37 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:37 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:35 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:35 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:34 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:34 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:29 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:31 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:32 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:28 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:28 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Grays Harbor County were on the road by 7:28 AM, 6 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:33 AM). That goes against the trend across Washington, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Grays Harbor County now leave 10 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 Grays Harbor County has moved 6 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Grays Harbor County in the whole series.
How does Grays Harbor County's commute time compare?
Metric
Grays Harbor County
Washington
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.1 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
10.3%
19.8%
15.0%
Walked
3.3%
3.0%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.2%
3.4%
3.2%
The average commute time in Grays Harbor County is 18.1 minutes, shorter than the 22.4 minutes in Washington.
1.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.4% in Washington. 3.3% commute by walking, higher than the 3.0% in Washington.
Grays Harbor County, WA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Grays Harbor County, WA is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 77,052 residents against a local median of 33,577. The measure that sets Grays Harbor County, WA apart most is work from home: 10.3%, 36% below the local median of 16.2%.
The counties themselves spread 10.2% on work from home, so Grays Harbor County, WA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Grays Harbor County, WA has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Grays Harbor County, Washington.
Is living in Grays Harbor County, Washington good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 151 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,667 at a typical national wage. That's 19% less than the typical Washington commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Grays Harbor County, Washington?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Grays Harbor 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.
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).