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Commute Time Burden in San Juan County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in San Juan County spend about 25 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 103 hours, about 4.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 45% less time on the road than the Washington average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 10.1 minutes.

San Juan County holds about 0.2% of Washington's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in San Juan County would save about 41 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,274 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)
San Juan County 12.3 min 24.7 min 103 hrs/yr $3,186 1,522
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

San Juan County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 12.3 minutes to get to work in San Juan County. That's 45% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 3 fastest counties in Washington

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 22.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in San Juan County

  • Car: 67.8%
  • Worked at Home: 22.7%
  • Walked: 5.8%
  • Other: 1.8%
  • Public Transportation: 0.9% unusually low
  • Bicycle: 0.8%
  • Motorcycle: 0.3%
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in San Juan County: 3.7 times less than the Washington average (0.9% vs 3.4%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in San Juan County: 7.5 times less than the Washington average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Commute Mode Trends in San Juan County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in San Juan 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 Motorcycle Taxi
2009 68.3% 16.0% 9.2% 2.5% 2.1% 1.4% 0.4% 0.0%
2010 68.3% 16.0% 9.5% 2.5% 2.1% 1.2% 0.4% 0.0%
2011 70.3% 15.6% 7.8% 2.4% 2.3% 1.3% 0.2% 0.0%
2012 71.6% 14.6% 7.5% 2.2% 2.2% 1.4% 0.5% 0.0%
2013 73.0% 13.0% 8.2% 2.2% 1.7% 1.5% 0.4% 0.1%
2014 74.9% 10.8% 8.4% 2.1% 1.9% 1.4% 0.4% 0.1%
2015 75.3% 9.1% 9.5% 1.9% 2.1% 1.5% 0.4% 0.2%
2016 75.3% 9.7% 9.0% 1.5% 2.3% 1.4% 0.4% 0.3%
2017 75.3% 10.6% 8.7% 1.1% 2.4% 1.3% 0.3% 0.2%
2018 74.5% 11.8% 8.7% 0.8% 2.7% 1.0% 0.4% 0.1%
2019 73.7% 13.4% 8.1% 1.0% 2.4% 1.1% 0.3% 0.1%
2020 73.2% 15.2% 7.2% 1.3% 1.8% 1.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2021 70.6% 17.4% 7.6% 1.6% 1.3% 1.0% 0.4% 0.0%
2022 68.6% 19.7% 7.2% 1.8% 1.3% 1.1% 0.3% 0.0%
2023 70.1% 20.0% 5.9% 1.8% 0.9% 1.1% 0.2% 0.0%
2024 67.8% 22.7% 5.8% 1.8% 0.9% 0.8% 0.3% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2015 at 75.3%. Overall it fell from 68.3% in 2009 to 67.8% in 2024, down 0.5 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in San Juan County: its share of workers rose from 16.0% in 2009 to 22.7% in 2024, up 6.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 9.2% to 5.8% of workers (down 3.4 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in San Juan County

  • Night OwlThe latest start among Washington's 39 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 8:12 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in San Juan County?

The bars show when commuters in San Juan 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
1.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
1.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
2.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
6.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
5.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
8.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
16.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
19.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
10.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
11.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
6.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
2.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
1.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in San Juan County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 19.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.2% across Washington. Early starts are less common than in Washington: 5.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Washington: 50.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.1% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.5%) 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 San Juan 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 San Juan 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 San Juan 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 San Juan County Washington United States
2009 8:15 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2010 8:17 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2011 8:16 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2012 8:12 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2013 8:14 AM 7:35 AM 7:39 AM
2014 8:15 AM 7:35 AM 7:39 AM
2015 8:15 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2016 8:18 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2017 8:18 AM 7:33 AM 7:38 AM
2018 8:15 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2019 8:12 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2020 8:13 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2021 8:09 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2022 8:09 AM 7:33 AM 7:37 AM
2023 8:11 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2024 8:12 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in San Juan County were on the road by 8:12 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (8:15 AM). That goes against the trend across Washington, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in San Juan County now leave 34 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does San Juan County's commute time compare?

Metric San Juan County Washington US Average
Avg. Commute Time 12.3 min 22.4 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 08:00 AM – 08:29 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 22.7% 19.8% 15.0%
Walked 5.8% 3.0% 2.4%
Public Transit 0.9% 3.4% 3.2%

The average commute time in San Juan County is 12.3 minutes, shorter than the 22.4 minutes in Washington.

0.9% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.4% in Washington. 5.8% commute by walking, higher than the 3.0% in Washington.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

San Juan County, WA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

San Juan County, WA is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 18,478 residents against a local median of 86,836. San Juan County, WA's work from home, at 22.7%, runs 54% above the 14.8% typical of the counties around it.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 12.3 min against a local median of 17.5 min, 30% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 30% below the local median it puts San Juan County, WA at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 10.2% on work from home, so San Juan County, WA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. San Juan 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
San Juan County, WA 18,478 12.3 min #1/6 22.7% #2/6 8:12 AM #6/6
Island County, WA 86,836 17.5 min 14.1% 7:34 AM
Kitsap County, WA 276,921 21.8 min 16.0% 7:10 AM
Jefferson County, WA 33,577 16.5 min 23.7% 7:48 AM
Clallam County, WA 77,813 15.4 min 13.5% 7:51 AM
Whatcom County, WA 230,493 17.9 min 14.8% 7:49 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in San Juan County, Washington.

Is living in San Juan County, Washington good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 103 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,186 at a typical national wage. That's 45% less than the typical Washington commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in San Juan County, Washington?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in San Juan 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.

Do people use public transit in San Juan County, Washington?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.9% of commuters use it versus 3.4% in Washington, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in Washington?

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).