How long is the commute in Seattle?

Average travel time to work in Seattle, WA, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Seattle gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 18.3 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 37.6
• Carpooled: 5.1
• Transit: 13.9
• Walked: 8.3
• From home: 31.3

Average commute (minutes)

• Seattle: 18.3
• King County: 20.8
• WA: 22.2
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 31.3% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 4.7 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 6.7% of workers in 2015 to 31.3% in the latest estimates.