What is the average commute in Bellevue city, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Bellevue city, Washington work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 35.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · WA · GEOID 53052102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bellevue, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Bellevue city, Washington
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.6 min one way; 35.6% worked from home, 45.6% drove alone, and 5.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.6 min±1.2 min MOE

Worked from home35.6%±1.4 pp MOE

Drove alone45.6%±1.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip5.1%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Bellevue city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +12.1 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute24.0 min → 23.6 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home23.5% → 35.6%▲ 12.1 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit8.7% → 5.1%▼ 3.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone51.6% → 45.6%▼ 6.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bellevue city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 45.6%; 5.1% used public transit and 35.6% worked from home.

Drive alone45.6% ±1.7 pp

Carpool7.4% ±0.9 pp

Public transit5.1% ±0.6 pp

Walk4.5% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.1 pp

Work from home35.6% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 79,631 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bellevue city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 45th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

45^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

99^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

88^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

43^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bellevue city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 79,631 workers age 16+, including 51,319 workers with reported travel time and 28,312 home workers.

Population estimate151,847± 87 MOE

Workers age 16+79,631± 1,715 MOE

Workers with travel time51,319± 1,656 MOE

Estimated home workers28,312± 1,301 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Washington commute records for Bellevue city

These 7 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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