Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · WA · GEOID 53630002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Seattle, Washington
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.0 min one way; 34.8% worked from home, 36.7% drove alone, and 5.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip26.0 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home34.8%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone36.7%±0.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.6%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 Seattle city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +13.3 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Seattle city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 36.7%; 11.9% used public transit and 34.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 458,144 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Seattle city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 68th percentile among covered 500k+ places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Seattle city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 458,144 workers age 16+, including 298,859 workers with reported travel time and 159,285 home workers.
Population estimate754,195± 72 MOE
Workers age 16+458,144± 3,294 MOE
Workers with travel time298,859± 3,813 MOE
Estimated home workers159,285± 3,291 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
All Washington reports →Comparable Washington commute records for Seattle city
No other Washington place in the 500k+ population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.