Bethany Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Bethany, Oregon: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Bethany: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Bethany spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 188 hours, about 7.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 12% more time on the road than the Oregon average of 20.1 minutes each way, a difference of 2.4 minutes.

Bethany holds about 0.6% of Oregon's population but accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Bethany would save about 75 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,326 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Bethany	22.5 min	45.0 min	188 hrs/yr	$5,814	1,685
Oregon	20.1 min	40.3 min	168 hrs/yr	$5,203	967
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Bethany Commute Map

On average, it takes 22.5 minutes to get to work in Bethany. That's about the same as the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 39.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Bethany

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Bethany: 173659.2 times less than the Oregon average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Driving is 25% less common in Bethany than the Oregon average (54.9% vs 72.9%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Bethany, versus 0.1% in Oregon.

Commute Mode Trends in Bethany, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Bethany get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Public Transportation	Walked	Bicycle	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	89.1%	5.1%	2.6%	0.6%	0.6%	1.1%	0.0%	0.9%
2010	89.8%	4.3%	2.5%	0.7%	0.7%	1.2%	0.0%	0.8%
2011	89.8%	3.9%	2.3%	0.8%	1.1%	1.3%	0.0%	0.8%
2012	87.4%	6.0%	1.9%	0.9%	2.1%	1.2%	0.0%	0.5%
2013	88.1%	5.1%	1.8%	1.4%	2.1%	0.9%	0.0%	0.5%
2014	87.1%	5.6%	2.3%	1.5%	2.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.4%
2015	86.3%	6.3%	2.5%	1.5%	2.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.4%
2016	85.8%	6.9%	3.0%	1.9%	1.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.4%
2017	86.9%	6.3%	3.8%	1.2%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2018	86.6%	7.2%	3.7%	1.4%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%
2019	86.3%	6.6%	4.2%	1.8%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2020	75.0%	17.8%	4.5%	2.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	67.6%	26.1%	4.0%	1.8%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2022	64.2%	30.7%	2.8%	1.6%	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	59.5%	36.0%	2.7%	1.1%	0.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	54.9%	39.6%	3.0%	1.4%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2010 at 89.8%. Overall it fell from 89.1% in 2009 to 54.9% in 2024, down 34.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Bethany: its share of workers rose from 5.1% in 2009 to 39.6% in 2024, up 34.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 33.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Riding a motorcycle lost the most ground, falling from 0.9% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).

Walking overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 4th most common choice in the 2012 release and has stayed ahead since.

Biking peaked at 2.8% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 0.5%.

Commute Start Times in Bethany

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Bethany?

The bars show when commuters in Bethany leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Oregon for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		3.7%
5:00-5:29 AM		0.9%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		4.4%
6:30-6:59 AM		4.2%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.9%
7:30-7:59 AM		14.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		16.3%
8:30-8:59 AM		8.8%
9:00-9:59 AM		12.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.1%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.7%

Bethany Oregon Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Bethany is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 16.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.6% across Oregon. Early starts are less common than in Oregon: 9.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.7% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Oregon: 48.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.3% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (29.2%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Bethany, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Bethany Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Bethany next to Oregon and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Bethany	Oregon	United States
2009	7:43 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:45 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:44 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:45 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:50 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:52 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:50 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:50 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:55 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:54 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:59 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:03 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:06 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:08 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:13 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:08 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Bethany were on the road by 8:08 AM, 25 minutes later than in 2009 (7:43 AM). The shift is sharper than across Oregon, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Bethany now leave 30 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Bethany has moved 9 minutes later.

How does Bethany's commute time compare?

Metric	Bethany	Oregon	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.5 min	20.1 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	39.6%	19.0%	15.0%
Walked	1.4%	3.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	3.0%	2.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Bethany is 22.5 minutes, longer than the 20.1 minutes in Oregon.

3.0% commute by public transit, higher than the 2.2% in Oregon. 1.4% commute by walking, lower than the 3.3% in Oregon.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Bethany, Oregon.

Is commuting expensive in Bethany, Oregon?

Commuters here spend an estimated 188 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,814 at a typical national wage. That's 12% more than the typical Oregon commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Bethany, Oregon?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Bethany, Oregon. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How much time do residents in Bethany, Oregon save by working from home?

About 39.6% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Bethany would save about 75 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,326 at the same national wage assumption used above.