Commuting in Coos County, 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 Coos County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Coos County spend about 31 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 129 hours, about 5.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 23% less time on the road than the Oregon average of 20.1 minutes each way, a difference of 4.7 minutes.
Coos County holds about 1.5% of Oregon's population but accounts for roughly 1.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Coos County would save about 52 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,601 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)
Coos County
15.5 min
31.0 min
129 hrs/yr
$4,002
579
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.
On average, it takes
15.5
minutes to get to work in
Coos County.
That's 31% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 8.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Coos County
Car:
85.9%
Worked at Home:
8.1%
Walked:
3.3%
Other:
1.5%
Taxi:
0.5%unusually high
Motorcycle:
0.3%
Bicycle:
0.3%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Coos County: 71.2 times less than the Oregon average (0.0% vs 2.2%).
Taking a taxi is unusually common in Coos County: 4.0 times more than the Oregon average (0.5% vs 0.1%).
Biking is unusually rare in Coos County: 4.8 times less than the Oregon average (0.3% vs 1.3%).
Commute Mode Trends in Coos County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Coos County 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
Walked
Other
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Public Transportation
2009
86.0%
6.9%
4.9%
0.8%
0.1%
0.2%
0.9%
0.1%
2010
86.3%
5.7%
5.6%
1.2%
0.3%
0.1%
0.7%
0.2%
2011
86.5%
5.8%
5.3%
1.1%
0.3%
0.0%
0.6%
0.3%
2012
86.4%
6.5%
4.6%
1.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.6%
0.4%
2013
86.2%
7.0%
4.2%
0.8%
0.6%
0.1%
0.4%
0.7%
2014
86.9%
6.3%
4.1%
1.0%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
0.8%
2015
86.3%
6.3%
4.7%
0.7%
0.6%
0.1%
0.3%
0.9%
2016
86.5%
6.4%
4.1%
0.8%
0.6%
0.0%
0.4%
1.2%
2017
87.1%
6.3%
3.8%
0.9%
0.6%
0.1%
0.2%
1.0%
2018
87.2%
6.3%
3.8%
1.1%
0.7%
0.1%
0.3%
0.5%
2019
87.2%
6.5%
3.5%
1.1%
0.7%
0.1%
0.3%
0.5%
2020
88.4%
5.8%
2.9%
1.5%
0.7%
0.1%
0.4%
0.3%
2021
85.2%
7.2%
3.3%
2.0%
1.3%
0.2%
0.6%
0.2%
2022
86.0%
7.3%
2.7%
2.1%
1.2%
0.2%
0.5%
0.0%
2023
86.7%
7.5%
2.8%
1.7%
0.6%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
2024
85.9%
8.1%
3.3%
1.5%
0.5%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2020 at 88.4% and lowest in 2021 at 85.2%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 86.0% in 2009 and 85.9% in 2024. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Coos County: its share of workers rose from 6.9% in 2009 to 8.1% in 2024, up 1.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.9% to 3.3% of workers (down 1.6 percentage points).
Public transit peaked at 1.2% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.
Commute Start Times in Coos County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Coos County?
The bars show when commuters in Coos County 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
12:00-4:59 AMCoos County4.6%Oregon5.9%
4.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCoos County4.0%Oregon3.8%
4.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCoos County3.9%Oregon5.0%
3.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCoos County6.0%Oregon7.6%
6.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCoos County7.6%Oregon9.7%
7.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCoos County16.1%Oregon13.0%
16.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCoos County16.2%Oregon13.0%
16.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCoos County8.4%Oregon10.6%
8.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCoos County7.0%Oregon5.8%
7.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCoos County8.5%Oregon7.2%
8.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCoos County3.9%Oregon3.7%
3.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCoos County1.5%Oregon1.8%
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCoos County7.8%Oregon7.1%
7.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCoos County4.5%Oregon5.7%
4.5%
Coos CountyOregonSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Coos County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 16.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.0% across Oregon. Early starts are less common than in Oregon: 12.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.7% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Oregon: 48.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.1%) 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 Coos County, 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 Coos County 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 Coos County 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
Coos County
Oregon
United States
2009
7:47 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
7:40 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:39 AM
7:42 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:38 AM
7:42 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:36 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:37 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:35 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:38 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:39 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:39 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:44 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Coos County were on the road by 7:44 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:47 AM). That goes against the trend across Oregon, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Coos County now leave 6 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 Coos County has moved 10 minutes later.
How does Coos County's commute time compare?
Metric
Coos County
Oregon
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
15.5 min
20.1 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
8.1%
19.0%
15.0%
Walked
3.3%
3.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
2.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Coos County is 15.5 minutes, shorter than the 20.1 minutes in Oregon.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.2% in Oregon. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as Oregon.
Coos County, OR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Coos County, OR is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 64,827 residents against a local median of 88,176. The measure that sets Coos County, OR apart most is work from home: 8.1%, 34% below the local median of 12.3%.
The counties themselves spread 9.1% on work from home, so Coos County, OR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Coos County, OR has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Coos County, Oregon.
Is living in Coos County, Oregon good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 129 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,002 at a typical national wage. That's 23% less than the typical Oregon commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Coos County, Oregon?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Coos County, Oregon. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Do people use public transit in Coos County, Oregon?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 2.2% in Oregon, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in Oregon?
Among counties in Oregon, the shortest average commutes are in Lake County (7.7 min), Harney County (8.6 min), Baker County (8.9 min). The longest are in Columbia County (31.7 min), Clackamas County (23.9 min), Polk County (22.2 min).