Lynnwood Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Lynnwood, 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 Lynnwood: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lynnwood spend about 56 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 231 hours, about 9.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 24% more time on the road than the Washington average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 5.4 minutes.

Lynnwood holds about 0.5% of Washington's population but accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Lynnwood would save about 93 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,869 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)
Lynnwood	27.8 min	55.5 min	231 hrs/yr	$7,172	3,253
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.

Lynnwood Commute Map

On average, it takes 27.8 minutes to get to work in Lynnwood. That's 24% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 15.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lynnwood

Commute Mode Trends in Lynnwood, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lynnwood 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	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	83.9%	4.9%	8.7%	1.8%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2010	83.3%	4.1%	9.6%	2.0%	0.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%
2011	82.7%	3.6%	9.8%	2.7%	0.7%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%
2012	80.7%	3.8%	10.9%	3.6%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%
2013	80.0%	4.6%	10.6%	3.4%	0.9%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%
2014	80.4%	4.0%	10.6%	3.6%	0.8%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2015	80.1%	4.8%	10.3%	3.8%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2016	80.4%	5.4%	9.9%	3.1%	0.7%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2017	80.2%	5.7%	10.5%	2.2%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%	0.5%
2018	79.7%	5.8%	11.0%	2.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.6%
2019	80.8%	4.9%	10.4%	2.9%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.5%
2020	78.5%	6.8%	9.9%	2.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.0%	0.6%
2021	76.4%	9.3%	9.5%	2.5%	0.8%	0.8%	0.0%	0.7%
2022	74.8%	12.3%	8.5%	2.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%
2023	75.1%	13.7%	7.9%	2.0%	0.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%
2024	72.4%	15.8%	8.6%	1.5%	0.8%	0.7%	0.1%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 83.9% in 2009 to 72.4% in 2024, down 11.5 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Lynnwood: its share of workers rose from 4.9% in 2009 to 15.8% in 2024, up 10.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 10.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Public transit peaked at 11.0% in 2018 and has since fallen back to 8.6%.

Commute Start Times in Lynnwood

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lynnwood?

The bars show when commuters in Lynnwood 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		5.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		6.2%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.5%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.0%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.2%
7:30-7:59 AM		8.3%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.7%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.5%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.9%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.3%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Lynnwood is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 12.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.4% across Washington. Early starts are about as common as in Washington: 17.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.6% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Washington: 41.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.9%) 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 Lynnwood, 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 Lynnwood 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 Lynnwood 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	Lynnwood	Washington	United States
2009	7:38 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:34 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:34 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:40 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	7:42 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:48 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:32 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:31 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:29 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:30 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:29 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:33 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:28 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:31 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lynnwood were on the road by 7:31 AM, 7 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:38 AM). That goes against the trend across Washington, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Lynnwood now leave 7 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 Lynnwood has moved 2 minutes later.

How does Lynnwood's commute time compare?

Metric	Lynnwood	Washington	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	27.8 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	15.8%	19.8%	15.0%
Walked	1.5%	3.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	8.6%	3.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Lynnwood is 27.8 minutes, longer than the 22.4 minutes in Washington.

8.6% commute by public transit, higher than the 3.4% in Washington. 1.5% commute by walking, lower than the 3.0% in Washington.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Lynnwood, WA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Lynnwood, WA compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Lynnwood, WA	41,626	27.8 min #2/3	15.8% #3/3	7:31 AM #1/3
Mountlake Terrace, WA	23,156	26.5 min	21.8%	7:35 AM
North Lynnwood, WA	23,579	27.8 min	18.3%	7:52 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Lynnwood, Washington.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 231 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,172 at a typical national wage. That's 24% more than the typical Washington commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Lynnwood, Washington. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.