Lincoln County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Lincoln County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lincoln County spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 187 hours, about 7.8 full days, spent commuting. That is about the same time on the road as the Washington average of 22.4 minutes each way.

Lincoln County holds about 0.1% of Washington's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Lincoln County would save about 75 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,321 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)
Lincoln County	22.5 min	44.9 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,802	296
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

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On average, it takes 22.5 minutes to get to work in Lincoln County. That's about the same as the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 79% 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 13.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lincoln County

• Car: 80.3%
• Worked at Home: 13.0%
• Walked: 4.9%
• Other: 1.1%
• Motorcycle: 0.6% unusually high
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Lincoln County: 3.9 times more than the Washington average (0.6% vs 0.2%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Lincoln County: 51.2 times less than the Washington average (0.1% vs 3.4%).

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

Biking is essentially absent in Lincoln County, versus 0.6% in Washington.

Commute Mode Trends in Lincoln County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lincoln 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.

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• Worked at Home
• Walked
• Other
• Motorcycle
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Motorcycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	82.4%	4.7%	10.4%	1.6%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%
2010	80.2%	5.3%	10.3%	3.4%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.5%
2011	79.6%	5.4%	10.1%	4.1%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.4%
2012	80.4%	5.8%	8.7%	4.3%	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%
2013	79.7%	6.5%	8.6%	4.5%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%
2014	80.9%	8.3%	6.0%	4.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2015	80.6%	9.7%	5.7%	3.7%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	79.5%	10.0%	6.9%	3.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	78.9%	11.5%	7.2%	2.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	76.9%	13.8%	6.7%	2.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	76.7%	13.8%	7.8%	1.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	77.1%	13.9%	6.5%	1.6%	0.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2021	77.8%	15.3%	5.3%	0.9%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2022	79.3%	14.3%	4.8%	0.8%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2023	80.7%	12.7%	4.9%	1.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	80.3%	13.0%	4.9%	1.1%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2019 at 76.7%. Overall it fell from 82.4% in 2009 to 80.3% in 2024, down 2.1 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Lincoln County: its share of workers rose from 4.7% in 2009 to 13.0% in 2024, up 8.3 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 10.4% to 4.9% of workers (down 5.5 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2014 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 15.3% in 2021 and has since fallen back to 13.0%.

Commute Start Times in Lincoln County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lincoln County?

The bars show when commuters in Lincoln 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 AM Lincoln County6.3% Washington7.1%	6.3%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Lincoln County6.5% Washington4.7%	6.5%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Lincoln County11.2% Washington5.8%	11.2%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Lincoln County10.8% Washington8.6%	10.8%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Lincoln County6.9% Washington9.5%	6.9%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Lincoln County19.1% Washington12.4%	19.1%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Lincoln County14.9% Washington11.0%	14.9%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Lincoln County5.7% Washington10.2%	5.7%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Lincoln County2.0% Washington5.5%	2.0%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Lincoln County2.1% Washington7.5%	2.1%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Lincoln County2.6% Washington3.5%	2.6%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Lincoln County2.8% Washington1.7%	2.8%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Lincoln County4.0% Washington6.9%	4.0%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Lincoln County5.3% Washington5.6%	5.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Lincoln County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.4% across Washington. Early starts are more common than in Washington: 23.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Washington: 46.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.1% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.8%) 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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.

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• Washington
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Lincoln County	Washington	United States
2009	7:22 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:23 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:23 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:19 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:22 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:16 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:16 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:14 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:16 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:12 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:13 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:14 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:11 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:10 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:09 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:13 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lincoln County were on the road by 7:13 AM, 9 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:22 AM). That goes against the trend across Washington, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Lincoln County now leave 25 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Lincoln County's commute time compare?

Metric	Lincoln County	Washington	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.5 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	13.0%	19.8%	15.0%
Walked	4.9%	3.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	3.4%	3.2%

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

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.4% in Washington. 4.9% commute by walking, higher than the 3.0% in Washington.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau