Corvallis Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Corvallis, 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 Corvallis: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Corvallis spend about 26 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 110 hours, about 4.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 34% less time on the road than the Oregon average of 20.1 minutes each way, a difference of 6.9 minutes.

Corvallis holds about 1.0% of Oregon's population but accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Corvallis would save about 44 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,366 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)
Corvallis	13.2 min	26.4 min	110 hrs/yr	$3,416	1,800
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.

Corvallis Commute Map

On average, it takes 13.2 minutes to get to work in Corvallis. That's 41% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 09:00 AM – 09:59 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 18.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Corvallis

Walking is unusually common in Corvallis: 3.9 times more than the Oregon average (12.7% vs 3.3%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Corvallis: 3.1 times less than the Oregon average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Biking is unusually common in Corvallis: 4.2 times more than the Oregon average (5.5% vs 1.3%).

Corvallis stands out for active commuting: 18.2% of workers walk or bike to work, 4.0 times the Oregon average of 4.6%.

Commute Mode Trends in Corvallis, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Corvallis 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	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Other	Motorcycle	Taxi
2009	67.2%	4.9%	14.4%	10.1%	2.9%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%
2010	63.8%	5.0%	16.7%	11.2%	2.7%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%
2011	63.3%	5.7%	16.4%	11.4%	2.6%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%
2012	61.9%	6.3%	16.2%	12.5%	2.5%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%
2013	60.1%	7.2%	15.6%	13.6%	2.7%	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%
2014	59.7%	7.7%	15.3%	13.1%	3.3%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%
2015	62.3%	8.1%	12.5%	13.2%	3.0%	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%
2016	62.7%	7.7%	12.3%	13.6%	2.9%	0.5%	0.4%	0.0%
2017	62.6%	7.6%	12.9%	13.0%	3.0%	0.5%	0.5%	0.1%
2018	62.8%	5.8%	14.3%	12.5%	3.4%	0.6%	0.4%	0.1%
2019	64.4%	4.9%	14.0%	12.4%	3.6%	0.5%	0.2%	0.1%
2020	63.9%	7.3%	13.3%	11.8%	2.9%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	62.3%	12.0%	12.1%	9.3%	3.3%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%
2022	61.9%	12.5%	13.0%	8.2%	3.1%	1.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2023	61.5%	15.2%	12.4%	6.7%	3.0%	1.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	59.6%	18.6%	12.7%	5.5%	2.3%	1.2%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 67.2% in 2009 to 59.6% in 2024, down 7.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Corvallis: its share of workers rose from 4.9% in 2009 to 18.6% in 2024, up 13.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 13.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Biking lost the most ground, falling from 10.1% to 5.5% of workers (down 4.6 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 16.7% in 2010 and has since fallen back to 12.7%.

Commute Start Times in Corvallis

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Corvallis?

The bars show when commuters in Corvallis 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		2.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		1.2%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		3.5%
6:30-6:59 AM		5.0%
7:00-7:29 AM		8.1%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		13.4%
8:30-8:59 AM		7.7%
9:00-9:59 AM		14.2%
10:00-10:59 AM		5.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.9%
12:00-3:59 PM		10.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		9.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Corvallis is 9:00-9:59 AM, when 14.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 7.2% across Oregon. Early starts are less common than in Oregon: 7.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Oregon: 40.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.3% there. About 1 in 2 commuters (41.2%) 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 Corvallis, 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 Corvallis 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 Corvallis 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	Corvallis	Oregon	United States
2009	8:20 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:20 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:21 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	8:20 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:20 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:22 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:20 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:21 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:23 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2018	8:22 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2019	8:18 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:21 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:22 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:23 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:24 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:28 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Corvallis were on the road by 8:28 AM, 7 minutes later than in 2009 (8:20 AM). The shift is sharper than across Oregon, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Corvallis now leave 50 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 Corvallis has moved 9 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Corvallis in the whole series.

How does Corvallis's commute time compare?

Metric	Corvallis	Oregon	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	13.2 min	20.1 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	09:00 AM – 09:59 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	18.6%	19.0%	15.0%
Walked	12.7%	3.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	2.3%	2.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Corvallis is 13.2 minutes, shorter than the 20.1 minutes in Oregon.

2.3% commute by public transit, higher than the 2.2% in Oregon. 12.7% commute by walking, higher than the 3.3% in Oregon.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Corvallis, OR Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Corvallis, OR compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Corvallis, OR	41,028	13.2 min #1/2	18.6% #1/2	8:28 AM #2/2
Albany, OR	43,997	17.0 min	12.8%	7:32 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Corvallis, Oregon.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Corvallis, Oregon?

Commuters here spend an estimated 110 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,416 at a typical national wage. That's 34% less than the typical Oregon commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Corvallis, Oregon?

Traffic peaks between 09:00 AM – 09:59 AM in Corvallis, 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.