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Klickitat County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Klickitat 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 Klickitat County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Klickitat County spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 178 hours, about 7.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 5% less time on the road than the Washington average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 1.1 minutes.

Klickitat County 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 Klickitat County would save about 71 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,203 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)
Klickitat County 21.3 min 42.6 min 178 hrs/yr $5,507 407
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
  1. Walla Walla County (12.2 min)
  2. San Juan County (12.3 min)
  3. Asotin County (13.2 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Washington
  1. Mason County (32.0 min)
  2. Garfield County (28.4 min)
  3. Snohomish County (28.3 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Klickitat County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 21.3 minutes to get to work in Klickitat County. That's 5% 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 17.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Klickitat County

  • Car: 72.5%
  • Worked at Home: 17.7%
  • Walked: 4.2%
  • Other: 2.7%
  • Public Transportation: 2.3%
  • Bicycle: 0.6%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Klickitat County, versus 0.2% in Washington.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Klickitat County, versus 0.1% in Washington.

Commute Mode Trends in Klickitat County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Klickitat 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 Taxi Motorcycle
2009 85.7% 7.8% 5.6% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1%
2010 86.3% 6.8% 5.8% 0.6% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
2011 87.3% 5.5% 6.2% 0.6% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1%
2012 87.1% 5.6% 5.9% 1.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 85.2% 8.0% 5.8% 0.7% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 86.8% 7.0% 4.9% 0.7% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.3%
2015 84.3% 10.0% 4.5% 0.5% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.3%
2016 82.4% 11.1% 4.7% 1.1% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.3%
2017 82.0% 12.0% 4.2% 0.6% 0.0% 0.9% 0.0% 0.4%
2018 81.2% 11.7% 4.9% 0.8% 0.4% 0.6% 0.0% 0.5%
2019 77.9% 13.3% 6.8% 1.1% 0.5% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 74.5% 15.2% 7.2% 2.1% 0.5% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 74.4% 17.0% 5.8% 2.1% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 70.2% 17.4% 6.6% 3.0% 2.8% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 72.6% 16.0% 5.7% 2.5% 2.6% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 72.5% 17.7% 4.2% 2.7% 2.3% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2011 at 87.3% and lowest in 2022 at 70.2%. Overall it fell from 85.7% in 2009 to 72.5% in 2024, down 13.2 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Klickitat County: its share of workers rose from 7.8% in 2009 to 17.7% in 2024, up 9.9 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.6% to 4.2% of workers (down 1.4 percentage points).

Public transit overtook biking to become the 5th most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Klickitat County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Klickitat County?

The bars show when commuters in Klickitat 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
7.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
3.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
6.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
10.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
10.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
19.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
11.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
7.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
3.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
8.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
6.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
2.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Klickitat County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.4% across Washington. Early starts are less common than in Washington: 16.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Washington: 48.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.1% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.0%) 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 Klickitat 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 Klickitat 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 Klickitat 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 Klickitat County Washington United States
2009 7:20 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:24 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:24 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:24 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:28 AM 7:35 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:27 AM 7:35 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:22 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:19 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:21 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:23 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:25 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:22 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:22 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:19 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:16 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:19 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Klickitat County were on the road by 7:19 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Washington, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Klickitat County now leave 18 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 Klickitat County has moved 6 minutes earlier.

How does Klickitat County's commute time compare?

Metric Klickitat County Washington US Average
Avg. Commute Time 21.3 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 17.7% 19.8% 15.0%
Walked 4.2% 3.0% 2.4%
Public Transit 2.3% 3.4% 3.2%

The average commute time in Klickitat County is 21.3 minutes, shorter than the 22.4 minutes in Washington.

2.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.4% in Washington. 4.2% commute by walking, higher than the 3.0% in Washington.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Klickitat County, WA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Klickitat County, WA is typical in size for this group, 23,411 residents against a local median of 23,904, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Klickitat County, WA's work from home, at 17.7%, runs 125% above the 7.9% typical of the counties around it.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 21.3 min against a local median of 15.9 min, 34% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 34% above the local median it puts Klickitat County, WA at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 13.6% on work from home, so Klickitat County, WA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Klickitat County, WA has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Klickitat County, WA 23,411 21.3 min #6/6 17.7% #2/6 7:19 AM #3/6
Sherman County, OR 1,937 17.9 min 10.0% 7:03 AM
Yakima County, WA 257,168 17.6 min 7.3% 7:12 AM
Gilliam County, OR 1,969 11.8 min 6.6% 7:34 AM
Wasco County, OR 26,553 13.1 min 7.9% 7:34 AM
Hood River County, OR 23,904 15.9 min 20.3% 7:22 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Klickitat County, Washington.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Klickitat County, Washington?

Commuters here spend an estimated 178 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,507 at a typical national wage. That's 5% less than the typical Washington commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Klickitat County, Washington?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Klickitat 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).