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Olympia, WA vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- The average commute for residents of Thornton is 10.0% longer than it is for residents of Olympia.
- 27.6% fewer residents of Thornton work from home compared to residents of Olympia.

Transportation
 Olympia, WAThornton, COUnited States
 Commute Time213127
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 Commute Mode
 Olympia, WAThornton, COUnited States
 Auto (alone)67.0%75.6%73.2%
 Carpool9.9%10.0%8.6%
 Mass Transit3.2%2.5%4.2%
 Bicycle1.0%0.2%0.5%
 Walk3.7%1.0%2.5%
 Work at Home14.0%10.1%9.7%
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 Commute Time To Work
 Olympia, WAThornton, COUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.2.7%1.0%2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.19.6%4.2%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.19.3%9.1%13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.22.4%13.1%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.9.0%13.4%14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.3.2%7.0%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.7.6%18.3%13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.2.2%5.5%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.3.3%6.3%4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.4.2%11.9%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.4.0%7.4%6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.2.5%2.8%2.9%

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Reviews for Olympia    39 Reviews

We moved here from Kitsap Bremerton/Silverdale WA area and this beats it all the way in all material ways. The only reason not to give it 5 stars is the cost of  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city is horrible. The business have been chased out by homeless. The city government makes it for difficult for businesses to thrive. If you like what Seattle is  More

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Having lived all over the world we decided to retire in Olympia and live on the Puget Sound. Yes it rains but the weather can change dramatically in a day with sun and  More

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Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 4 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 9 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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ZIPS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
98501 98502 98506
ZIPS IN THORNTON, COLORADO
80229 80260 80241 80602

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