Renton Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Renton, 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 Renton: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Renton spend about 56 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 232 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.

Renton holds about 1.4% of Washington's population but accounts for roughly 1.7% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Renton would save about 93 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,871 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)
Renton	27.8 min	55.6 min	232 hrs/yr	$7,177	3,642
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.

Renton Commute Map

On average, it takes 27.8 minutes to get to work in Renton. 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 22.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Renton

Taking a taxi is unusually common in Renton: 3.2 times more than the Washington average (0.3% vs 0.1%).

Biking is unusually rare in Renton: 8.6 times less than the Washington average (0.1% vs 0.6%).

Commute Mode Trends in Renton, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Renton 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	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	86.4%	3.5%	7.5%	1.3%	0.5%	0.1%	0.4%	0.4%
2010	86.3%	3.8%	7.6%	1.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.3%	0.3%
2011	86.0%	3.8%	8.0%	1.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%
2012	86.1%	4.2%	7.4%	1.2%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
2013	86.3%	4.1%	7.1%	1.5%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
2014	86.4%	4.1%	6.9%	1.5%	0.5%	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%
2015	86.0%	3.9%	7.2%	1.6%	0.6%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%
2016	85.9%	4.3%	6.8%	1.8%	0.4%	0.3%	0.4%	0.2%
2017	85.7%	4.4%	7.2%	1.5%	0.4%	0.3%	0.4%	0.2%
2018	84.5%	4.5%	8.0%	1.7%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%
2019	83.9%	4.7%	8.1%	1.7%	0.6%	0.3%	0.4%	0.2%
2020	80.4%	9.0%	7.1%	1.9%	0.8%	0.4%	0.3%	0.1%
2021	78.1%	12.9%	5.9%	1.6%	0.9%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%
2022	74.5%	16.9%	5.4%	1.6%	1.0%	0.4%	0.2%	0.1%
2023	72.3%	20.5%	4.0%	1.7%	0.9%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
2024	71.1%	22.2%	3.7%	1.7%	0.8%	0.3%	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 86.4% in 2009 to 71.1% in 2024, down 15.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 10 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Renton: its share of workers rose from 3.5% in 2009 to 22.2% in 2024, up 18.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 17.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 7.5% to 3.7% of workers (down 3.8 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Renton

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Renton?

The bars show when commuters in Renton 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		7.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.7%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.6%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.3%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.8%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.9%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.5%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.8%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Renton is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 12.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.4% across Washington. Early starts are less common than in Washington: 15.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.6% there. The morning rush looks much like Washington's: 42.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.1% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (28.6%) 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 Renton, 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 Renton 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 Renton 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	Renton	Washington	United States
2009	7:26 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:28 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:27 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:28 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:32 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:29 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:29 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:31 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:33 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:32 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:33 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:37 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:37 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:38 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:43 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:47 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Renton were on the road by 7:47 AM, 21 minutes later than in 2009 (7:26 AM). The shift is sharper than across Washington, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Renton now leave 9 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Renton has moved 14 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Renton in the whole series.

How does Renton's commute time compare?

Metric	Renton	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	22.2%	19.8%	15.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	3.7%	3.4%	3.2%

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

3.7% commute by public transit, higher than the 3.4% in Washington. 1.7% commute by walking, lower than the 3.0% in Washington.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Renton, WA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Renton, WA compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Renton, WA	106,398	27.8 min #1/2	22.2% #1/2	7:47 AM #2/2
Kent, WA	124,652	28.1 min	13.3%	7:27 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Renton, Washington.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Renton, Washington?

Commuters here spend an estimated 232 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,177 at a typical national wage. That's 24% more than the typical Washington commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Renton, Washington?

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