Pasco Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Pasco, 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 Pasco: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Pasco spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 155 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 17% less time on the road than the Washington average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 3.8 minutes.

Pasco holds about 0.9% of Washington's population but accounts for roughly 0.8% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Pasco would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,923 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)
Pasco	18.6 min	37.2 min	155 hrs/yr	$4,808	2,016
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.

Pasco Commute Map

On average, it takes 18.6 minutes to get to work in Pasco. That's 17% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Pasco

Driving is 25% more common in Pasco than the Washington average (89.6% vs 71.9%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Pasco: 7.3 times less than the Washington average (0.5% vs 3.4%).

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

Biking is unusually rare in Pasco: 11.1 times less than the Washington average (0.1% vs 0.6%).

Few people walk or bike to work in Pasco: just 1.2%, 3.1 times below the Washington average of 3.7%.

Commute Mode Trends in Pasco, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Pasco 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	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Taxi
2009	90.6%	4.6%	2.1%	0.2%	2.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	89.8%	5.4%	1.9%	0.4%	2.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2011	90.4%	4.9%	1.9%	0.3%	2.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2012	91.3%	4.2%	1.7%	0.6%	1.8%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2013	92.7%	3.1%	1.5%	0.9%	1.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2014	93.7%	2.5%	1.3%	0.7%	1.4%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2015	94.4%	2.7%	1.1%	0.7%	0.8%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2016	95.2%	2.5%	0.7%	0.7%	0.5%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
2017	95.3%	2.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2018	94.1%	3.2%	0.7%	0.9%	0.7%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
2019	93.8%	3.6%	0.8%	0.9%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2020	93.2%	4.5%	0.6%	0.9%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	92.4%	5.4%	0.4%	1.0%	0.4%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
2022	92.0%	5.6%	0.8%	1.0%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2023	90.8%	6.9%	1.1%	0.8%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	89.6%	7.5%	1.1%	1.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2017 at 95.3%. Overall it fell from 90.6% in 2009 to 89.6% in 2024, down 1.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Pasco: its share of workers rose from 4.6% in 2009 to 7.5% in 2024, up 2.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.3% to 0.5% of workers (down 1.8 percentage points).

Walking overtook public transit to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Pasco

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Pasco?

The bars show when commuters in Pasco 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		11.1%
5:00-5:29 AM		6.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.3%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		7.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		3.7%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.1%
4:00-11:59 PM		7.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Pasco is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.4% across Washington. Early starts are more common than in Washington: 22.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.6% there. The morning rush looks much like Washington's: 41.5% 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 Pasco, 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 Pasco 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 Pasco 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	Pasco	Washington	United States
2009	7:20 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:11 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:08 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:10 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:10 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:13 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:18 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:17 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:20 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:20 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:19 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:19 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:20 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:14 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:16 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:16 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Pasco were on the road by 7:16 AM, 5 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:20 AM). That goes against the trend across Washington, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Pasco now leave 22 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 Pasco has moved 3 minutes earlier.

How does Pasco's commute time compare?

Metric	Pasco	Washington	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.6 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	12:00 AM – 04:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	7.5%	19.8%	15.0%
Walked	1.1%	3.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.5%	3.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Pasco is 18.6 minutes, shorter than the 22.4 minutes in Washington.

0.5% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.4% in Washington. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 3.0% in Washington.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Pasco, WA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Pasco, WA	72,525	18.6 min #3/3	7.5% #3/3	7:16 AM #1/3
Kennewick, WA	74,609	17.6 min	9.3%	7:27 AM
Richland, WA	59,474	17.3 min	16.2%	7:30 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Pasco, Washington.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 155 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,808 at a typical national wage. That's 17% less than the typical Washington commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Pasco, Washington. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Pasco, Washington?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.5% of commuters use it versus 3.4% in Washington, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.