Hazel Dell Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Hazel Dell: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Hazel Dell spend about 42 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 176 hours, about 7.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 6% less time on the road than the Washington average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 1.3 minutes.

Hazel Dell holds about 0.3% of Washington's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Hazel Dell would save about 70 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,181 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)
Hazel Dell	21.1 min	42.2 min	176 hrs/yr	$5,454	4,031
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.

Hazel Dell Commute Map

On average, it takes 21.1 minutes to get to work in Hazel Dell. That's 6% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 16.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Hazel Dell

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Hazel Dell, versus 0.2% in Washington.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Hazel Dell, versus 0.1% in Washington.

Biking is unusually rare in Hazel Dell: 3.1 times less than the Washington average (0.2% vs 0.6%).

Commute Mode Trends in Hazel Dell, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Hazel Dell 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	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle	Other
2009	91.4%	3.0%	1.0%	3.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.6%
2010	90.8%	4.7%	1.2%	2.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2011	90.0%	5.1%	1.1%	3.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.4%	0.3%
2012	89.9%	5.2%	1.2%	2.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.4%	0.4%
2013	86.8%	6.6%	2.0%	3.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.7%	0.5%
2014	83.8%	8.0%	2.4%	3.8%	1.3%	0.0%	0.4%	0.5%
2015	83.9%	7.4%	2.4%	4.1%	1.4%	0.0%	0.4%	0.4%
2016	86.8%	5.8%	2.3%	3.3%	1.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.3%
2017	84.8%	7.7%	2.6%	3.2%	0.9%	0.0%	0.5%	0.3%
2018	83.8%	7.9%	3.7%	2.8%	0.8%	0.0%	0.3%	0.7%
2019	85.8%	8.1%	2.9%	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.7%
2020	83.4%	11.4%	2.6%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.7%
2021	80.4%	13.9%	3.3%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.6%
2022	80.3%	14.3%	2.9%	1.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%
2023	79.0%	17.4%	2.1%	1.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2024	78.7%	16.9%	2.5%	1.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 91.4% in 2009 to 78.7% in 2024, down 12.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Hazel Dell: its share of workers rose from 3.0% in 2009 to 16.9% in 2024, up 13.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.6% to 1.7% of workers (down 1.9 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2010 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 3.7% in 2018 and has since fallen back to 2.5%.

Commute Start Times in Hazel Dell

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hazel Dell?

The bars show when commuters in Hazel Dell 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		8.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		7.9%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.4%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.8%
7:00-7:29 AM		10.6%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.4%
8:00-8:29 AM		8.8%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.9%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.9%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.9%
4:00-11:59 PM		7.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Hazel Dell is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 11.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.0% across Washington. Early starts are more common than in Washington: 21.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.6% there. The morning rush looks much like Washington's: 41.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.6%) 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 Hazel Dell, 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 Hazel Dell 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 Hazel Dell 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	Hazel Dell	Washington	United States
2009	7:24 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:30 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:35 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:37 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:40 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:39 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:39 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:44 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:43 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:38 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:36 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:23 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:24 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:26 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:32 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:30 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Hazel Dell were on the road by 7:30 AM, 7 minutes later than in 2009 (7:24 AM). The shift is sharper than across Washington, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Hazel Dell now leave 8 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 Hazel Dell has moved 6 minutes earlier.

How does Hazel Dell's commute time compare?

Metric	Hazel Dell	Washington	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.1 min	22.4 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	16.9%	19.8%	15.0%
Walked	2.5%	3.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.7%	3.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Hazel Dell is 21.1 minutes, shorter than the 22.4 minutes in Washington.

1.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.4% in Washington. 2.5% commute by walking, lower than the 3.0% in Washington.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Hazel Dell, WA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Hazel Dell, WA compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Hazel Dell, WA	22,610	21.1 min #2/2	16.9% #2/2	7:30 AM #1/2
Salmon Creek, WA	20,630	20.9 min	25.8%	7:44 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Hazel Dell, Washington.

Is commuting expensive in Hazel Dell, Washington?

Commuters here spend an estimated 176 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,454 at a typical national wage. That's 6% less than the typical Washington commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Hazel Dell, Washington?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Hazel Dell, Washington. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.