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Seattle, WA · the CityFunIndex

Traffic & commutes in Seattle

Seattle ranks T#103 of 134 US cities for easy commutes, with a traffic-flow score of 23 — Quiet. That puts it in the 24th percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in Washington.

traffic-flow score
23
Quiet
National rank
T#103 of 134
In Washington
#2 of 2
Percentile
24th

The typical city scores 50 for easy commutes; Seattle sits 27 points below the median.

How traffic & commutes is measured

Congestion and the time lost to commuting.

The traffic-flow score is the flip side of our traffic measure — 100 minus the raw traffic score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: US Census commute-time data (ACS).

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Seattle

  1. #101 Dallas, TX 25
  2. #102 Chesapeake, VA 24
  3. T#103 Seattle, WA — this page 23
  4. #105 Orlando, FL 22
  5. #106 Atlanta, GA 21

See the full leaderboard — Cities with the lightest traffic →

Top US cities for easy commutes

  1. #1 Telluride, CO 100
  2. #2 Jackson, WY 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Key West, FL 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about Seattle

Seattle scores 100 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: