What is the average commute in SeaTac city, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 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 53622882024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

SeaTac, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for SeaTac city, Washington
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.4 min one way; 11.5% worked from home, 58.5% drove alone, and 7.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.4 min±2.4 min MOE

Worked from home11.5%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone58.5%±5.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.0%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 SeaTac city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.4 min → 25.4 min▼ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 11.5%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit9.9% → 6.5%▼ 3.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone65.3% → 58.5%▼ 6.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How SeaTac city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 58.5%; 6.5% used public transit and 11.5% worked from home.

Drive alone58.5% ±5.5 pp

Carpool16.6% ±3.9 pp

Public transit6.5% ±2.3 pp

Walk5.2% ±2.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home11.5% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 15,885 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How SeaTac city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 50th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

50^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 50% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

39^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

93^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

55^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind SeaTac city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 15,885 workers age 16+, including 14,054 workers with reported travel time and 1,831 home workers.

Population estimate32,414± 74 MOE

Workers age 16+15,885± 821 MOE

Workers with travel time14,054± 768 MOE

Estimated home workers1,831± 450 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 SeaTac city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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