Wahkiakum County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Wahkiakum County, 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 Wahkiakum County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Wahkiakum County spend about 54 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 224 hours, about 9.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% more time on the road than the Washington average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 4.4 minutes.

Wahkiakum 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 Wahkiakum County would save about 89 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,773 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)
Wahkiakum County	26.8 min	53.7 min	224 hrs/yr	$6,934	429
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

Walla Walla County (12.2 min)
San Juan County (12.3 min)
Asotin County (13.2 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Washington

Mason County (32.0 min)
Garfield County (28.4 min)
Snohomish County (28.3 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Wahkiakum County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 26.8 minutes to get to work in Wahkiakum County. That's 20% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 87% of counties in Washington

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 16.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Wahkiakum County

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Wahkiakum County, versus 0.2% in Washington.

Public transit is unusually rare in Wahkiakum County: 3.1 times less than the Washington average (1.1% vs 3.4%).

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

Commute Mode Trends in Wahkiakum County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Wahkiakum 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	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	85.1%	3.1%	7.9%	2.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	1.1%
2010	85.4%	4.7%	5.4%	2.7%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	1.2%
2011	90.1%	3.6%	2.3%	2.4%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%
2012	86.3%	5.6%	3.1%	0.9%	3.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%
2013	85.6%	6.8%	3.0%	0.1%	3.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%
2014	84.5%	7.1%	4.1%	0.1%	4.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	84.8%	5.7%	4.5%	0.5%	4.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	81.1%	7.2%	5.6%	1.5%	4.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2017	82.8%	7.9%	3.9%	1.6%	3.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2018	86.7%	5.6%	3.7%	1.6%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2019	89.5%	5.7%	1.4%	1.5%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2020	82.8%	8.6%	6.3%	1.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2021	85.5%	8.5%	5.3%	0.3%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	79.5%	10.8%	4.2%	5.0%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	77.9%	11.7%	5.2%	4.2%	0.7%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	73.4%	16.2%	6.0%	3.1%	1.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2011 at 90.1%. Overall it fell from 85.1% in 2009 to 73.4% in 2024, down 11.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Wahkiakum County: its share of workers rose from 3.1% in 2009 to 16.2% in 2024, up 13.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 10.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 7.9% to 6.0% of workers (down 1.9 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2011 release and has stayed ahead since.

Public transit peaked at 4.5% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 1.1%.

Commute Start Times in Wahkiakum County

Dawn PatrolThe highest share of pre-6 AM departures among Washington's 39 counties: 27.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM.
Earlier AlarmsThe biggest shift to earlier mornings among Washington's 39 counties: the typical start is 47 minutes earlier than in 2009.
Early BirdThe 3rd-earliest start among Washington's 39 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 7:05 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Wahkiakum County?

The bars show when commuters in Wahkiakum 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		12.9%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.5%
5:30-5:59 AM		10.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		13.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.1%
7:30-7:59 AM		10.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		6.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		1.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.2%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.9%
4:00-11:59 PM		0.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Wahkiakum County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.4% across Washington. Early starts are more common than in Washington: 27.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.6% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Washington: 46.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.1% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (18.1%) 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 Wahkiakum 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 Wahkiakum 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 Wahkiakum 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	Wahkiakum County	Washington	United States
2009	7:52 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:49 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:47 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:14 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:28 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:17 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:24 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:09 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:23 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:32 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:34 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:29 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:22 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:24 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:15 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:05 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Wahkiakum County were on the road by 7:05 AM, 46 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:52 AM). That goes against the trend across Washington, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Wahkiakum County now leave 33 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 Wahkiakum County has moved 29 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Wahkiakum County in the whole series.

How does Wahkiakum County's commute time compare?

Metric	Wahkiakum County	Washington	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	26.8 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	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	16.2%	19.8%	15.0%
Walked	6.0%	3.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.1%	3.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Wahkiakum County is 26.8 minutes, longer than the 22.4 minutes in Washington.

1.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.4% in Washington. 6.0% commute by walking, higher than the 3.0% in Washington.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Wahkiakum County, WA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Wahkiakum County, WA is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 4,646 residents against a local median of 53,499. The measure that sets Wahkiakum County, WA apart most is one-way commute: 26.8 min, 42% above the local median of 18.9 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 16.2% against a local median of 13.6%, 19% above it. The counties themselves spread 16.1 min on one-way commute, so Wahkiakum County, WA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Wahkiakum County, WA has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Wahkiakum County, WA	4,646	26.8 min #5/6	16.2% #3/6	7:05 AM #1/6
Clatsop County, OR	41,354	16.5 min	13.6%	7:47 AM
Pacific County, WA	23,983	15.6 min	16.5%	7:33 AM
Columbia County, OR	53,499	31.7 min	12.2%	7:11 AM
Cowlitz County, WA	112,357	18.9 min	8.2%	7:21 AM
Washington County, OR	603,920	21.5 min	24.4%	7:44 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Wahkiakum County, Washington.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Wahkiakum County, Washington?

Commuters here spend an estimated 224 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,934 at a typical national wage. That's 20% more than the typical Washington commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Wahkiakum County, Washington?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Wahkiakum County, Washington. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Wahkiakum County, Washington?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 1.1% of commuters use it versus 3.4% in Washington, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How do commute times compare across 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).