Whitman County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Whitman County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Whitman County spend about 27 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 113 hours, about 4.7 full days, spent commuting.

That is 40% less time on the road than the Washington average of 22.6 minutes each way, a difference of 9.1 minutes.

Whitman County holds about 0.6% of Washington's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Whitman County would save about 45 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,401 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)
Whitman County	13.6 min	27.1 min	113 hrs/yr	$3,502	532
Washington	22.6 min	45.2 min	188 hrs/yr	$5,842	1,525
United States	22.5 min	44.9 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,803	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

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On average, it takes 13.6 minutes to get to work in Whitman County. That's 40% shorter than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 87% of counties in Washington

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM , followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Walked . About 9.5% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 72.7%
• Walked: 11.7% unusually high
• Worked at Home: 9.5%
• Public Transportation: 3.4%
• Bicycle: 1.5%
• Other: 1.1%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1%
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Walked commuting is unusually common in Whitman County: 3.8 times more than the Washington average (11.7% vs 3.1%).

Taxi commuting is essentially absent in Whitman County, versus 0.1% in Washington.

Whitman County stands out for active commuting: 13.2% of workers walk or bike to work, 3.5 times the Washington average of 3.7%.

How does Whitman County's commute time compare?

Metric	Whitman County	Washington	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	13.6 min	22.6 min	22.5 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	9.5%	17.7%	13.4%
Walked	11.7%	3.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	3.4%	4.0%	3.5%

The average commute time in Whitman County is 13.6 minutes, shorter than the 22.6 minutes in Washington.

3.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 4.0% in Washington. 11.7% commute by walking, higher than the 3.1% in Washington.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau