Kitsap County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Kitsap 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 Kitsap County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Kitsap County spend about 44 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 182 hours, about 7.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 3% less time on the road than the Washington average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 0.6 minutes.

Kitsap County holds about 3.5% of Washington's population and accounts for roughly 3.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Kitsap County would save about 73 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,255 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)
Kitsap County	21.8 min	43.6 min	182 hrs/yr	$5,636	2,288
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

Kitsap County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 21.8 minutes to get to work in Kitsap County. That's 3% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 71% of counties in Washington

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 16.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Kitsap County

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Kitsap County: 4.5 times more than the Washington average (0.7% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Kitsap County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Kitsap 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	Public Transportation	Walked	Other	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Taxi
2009	79.9%	5.5%	8.6%	3.3%	1.1%	0.7%	0.7%	0.1%
2010	79.8%	5.7%	7.8%	4.3%	1.1%	0.7%	0.5%	0.1%
2011	79.0%	7.3%	7.6%	3.9%	1.0%	0.6%	0.4%	0.1%
2012	78.6%	6.9%	8.1%	4.2%	0.9%	0.7%	0.5%	0.1%
2013	78.6%	6.6%	8.3%	4.4%	0.7%	0.8%	0.6%	0.0%
2014	78.1%	6.7%	8.6%	4.6%	0.6%	0.8%	0.5%	0.1%
2015	77.1%	6.9%	9.1%	4.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.6%	0.0%
2016	77.1%	6.2%	9.3%	5.0%	0.8%	0.8%	0.7%	0.0%
2017	76.8%	6.2%	9.3%	5.1%	1.2%	0.9%	0.6%	0.1%
2018	77.2%	6.3%	8.9%	4.9%	1.2%	0.7%	0.6%	0.1%
2019	76.3%	6.3%	9.3%	5.4%	1.3%	0.7%	0.6%	0.1%
2020	75.8%	8.1%	8.3%	5.5%	1.0%	0.7%	0.5%	0.1%
2021	74.3%	10.5%	7.4%	5.4%	1.1%	0.6%	0.6%	0.1%
2022	74.5%	11.6%	6.4%	5.3%	1.0%	0.6%	0.5%	0.1%
2023	73.9%	13.2%	6.3%	4.5%	0.9%	0.6%	0.5%	0.1%
2024	72.5%	16.0%	5.2%	4.1%	1.0%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 79.9% in 2009 to 72.5% in 2024, down 7.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Kitsap County: its share of workers rose from 5.5% in 2009 to 16.0% in 2024, up 10.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 8.6% to 5.2% of workers (down 3.4 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 5.5% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 4.1%.

Commute Start Times in Kitsap County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Kitsap County?

The bars show when commuters in Kitsap 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		9.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		6.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		8.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.0%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.9%
7:30-7:59 AM		8.5%
8:00-8:29 AM		7.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.7%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.8%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.4%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Kitsap County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 12.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.4% across Washington. Early starts are more common than in Washington: 23.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.6% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Washington: 40.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.1% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.1%) 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 Kitsap 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 Kitsap 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 Kitsap 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	Kitsap County	Washington	United States
2009	7:17 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:15 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:14 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:11 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:10 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:11 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	7:11 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:10 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:08 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:08 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:10 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:10 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 Kitsap County were on the road by 7:10 AM, 6 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 Kitsap County now leave 27 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 Kitsap County has moved 2 minutes later.

How does Kitsap County's commute time compare?

Metric	Kitsap County	Washington	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.8 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	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	16.0%	19.8%	15.0%
Walked	4.1%	3.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	5.2%	3.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Kitsap County is about the same as in Washington.

5.2% commute by public transit, higher than the 3.4% in Washington. 4.1% commute by walking, higher than the 3.0% in Washington.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Kitsap County, WA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Kitsap County, WA is typical in size for this group, 276,921 residents against a local median of 299,046, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. There is no headline here. Every measure below sits within 15% of the median across the nearest counties, which makes Kitsap County, WA an unremarkable member of its own neighbourhood rather than an outlier in it.

The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 14% below the local median at 21.8 min against 25.4 min. Kitsap 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
Kitsap County, WA	276,921	21.8 min #2/6	16.0% #3/6	7:10 AM #2/6
Island County, WA	86,836	17.5 min	14.1%	7:34 AM
Mason County, WA	67,950	32.0 min	14.5%	7:09 AM
Thurston County, WA	299,046	22.1 min	20.5%	7:31 AM
Pierce County, WA	929,755	26.9 min	13.9%	7:20 AM
King County, WA	2,275,758	25.4 min	29.1%	8:00 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Kitsap County, Washington.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 182 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,636 at a typical national wage. That's 3% less than the typical Washington commuter spends.

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

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

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).