How long is the commute in Tacoma?

Average travel time to work in Tacoma, 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 Tacoma gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 25.1 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 67.1
• Carpooled: 10.2
• Transit: 4.7
• Walked: 2.6
• From home: 13.7

Average commute (minutes)

• Tacoma: 25.1
• Pierce County: 27.7
• WA: 22.2
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 13.7% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 2.1 minutes longer than the national average.

Working from home went from 3.7% of workers in 2015 to 13.7% in the latest estimates.