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Commuting in Gilliam 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 Gilliam County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Gilliam County spend about 24 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 99 hours, about 4.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 41% less time on the road than the Oregon average of 20.1 minutes each way, a difference of 8.3 minutes.

Gilliam County holds about 0.0% of Oregon's population and accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Gilliam County would save about 39 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,223 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)
Gilliam County 11.8 min 23.7 min 99 hrs/yr $3,057 162
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.

Commute Time Map: Oregon Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Oregon
  1. Lake County (7.7 min)
  2. Harney County (8.6 min)
  3. Baker County (8.9 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Oregon
  1. Columbia County (31.7 min)
  2. Clackamas County (23.9 min)
  3. Polk County (22.2 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Gilliam County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 11.8 minutes to get to work in Gilliam County. That's 47% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 83% of counties in Oregon

The most common departure window is 09:00 AM – 09:59 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 6.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Gilliam County

  • Car: 83.4%
  • Walked: 9.9% unusually high
  • Worked at Home: 6.6%
  • Other: 0.1%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Gilliam County, versus 0.2% in Oregon.

Walking is unusually common in Gilliam County: 3.0 times more than the Oregon average (9.9% vs 3.3%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Gilliam County: 342581.3 times less than the Oregon average (0.0% vs 2.2%).

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

Biking is essentially absent in Gilliam County, versus 1.3% in Oregon.

Commute Mode Trends in Gilliam County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Gilliam 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 Walked Worked at Home Other Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 80.8% 9.4% 7.5% 0.2% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
2010 75.5% 10.9% 8.4% 3.5% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2011 79.2% 8.2% 8.3% 2.3% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2012 80.3% 7.2% 6.1% 3.1% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2013 80.1% 8.0% 6.8% 3.6% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
2014 80.9% 6.9% 6.2% 4.9% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
2015 79.5% 10.1% 7.5% 1.4% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%
2016 78.9% 10.4% 8.3% 1.6% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2017 82.8% 8.7% 7.4% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2018 85.0% 8.7% 5.5% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 81.7% 10.7% 6.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%
2020 80.6% 9.0% 9.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9%
2021 78.9% 10.7% 9.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%
2022 80.2% 10.3% 8.8% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
2023 78.6% 11.1% 9.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
2024 83.4% 9.9% 6.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2018 at 85.0% and lowest in 2010 at 75.5%. Overall it rose from 80.8% in 2009 to 83.4% in 2024, up 2.6 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Walking gained the most ground in Gilliam County: its share of workers rose from 9.4% in 2009 to 9.9% in 2024, up 0.5 percentage points.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.7% to 0.0% of workers (down 1.7 percentage points).

Working from home peaked at 9.5% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 6.6%.

Commute Start Times in Gilliam County

  • Sleeping InThe highest share of 9 AM-or-later starts among Oregon's 36 counties: 33.6% of commuters leave at 9 AM or later.
  • Rush-Hour DodgersThe 3rd-lowest share of rush-hour departures among Oregon's 36 counties: only 38.5% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Gilliam County?

The bars show when commuters in Gilliam 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
1.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
9.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
3.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
13.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
10.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
11.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
11.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
5.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
0.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
15.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
3.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Gilliam County is 9:00-9:59 AM, when 15.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 7.2% across Oregon. Early starts are less common than in Oregon: 13.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.7% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Oregon: 38.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.3% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (33.6%) 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 Gilliam 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 Gilliam 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 Gilliam 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 Gilliam County Oregon United States
2009 7:25 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:26 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:17 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:13 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:08 AM 7:42 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:10 AM 7:42 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:11 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:09 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:06 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:02 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:07 AM 7:38 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:08 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:15 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:11 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:17 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:34 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Gilliam County were on the road by 7:34 AM, 9 minutes later than in 2009 (7:25 AM). The shift is sharper than across Oregon, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Gilliam County now leave 4 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Gilliam County has moved 27 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Gilliam County in the whole series.

How does Gilliam County's commute time compare?

Metric Gilliam County Oregon US Average
Avg. Commute Time 11.8 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 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 6.6% 19.0% 15.0%
Walked 9.9% 3.3% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 2.2% 3.2%

The average commute time in Gilliam County is 11.8 minutes, shorter than the 20.1 minutes in Oregon.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.2% in Oregon. 9.9% commute by walking, higher than the 3.3% in Oregon.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Gilliam County, OR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Gilliam County, OR is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 1,969 residents against a local median of 12,300. Where Gilliam County, OR breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 34% below the local median of 17.9 min at 11.8 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 6.6% against a local median of 10.0%, 34% below it. The counties themselves spread 8.4 min on one-way commute, so Gilliam County, OR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Gilliam County, OR has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Gilliam County, OR 1,969 11.8 min #1/6 6.6% #5/6 7:34 AM #5/6
Sherman County, OR 1,937 17.9 min 10.0% 7:03 AM
Morrow County, OR 12,300 21.0 min 3.2% 6:52 AM
Wheeler County, OR 1,484 13.0 min 19.9% 7:37 AM
Klickitat County, WA 23,411 21.3 min 17.7% 7:19 AM
Wasco County, OR 26,553 13.1 min 7.9% 7:34 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Gilliam County, Oregon.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 99 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,057 at a typical national wage. That's 41% less than the typical Oregon commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Gilliam County, Oregon?

Traffic peaks between 09:00 AM – 09:59 AM in Gilliam County, Oregon. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How common is public transit use in Gilliam 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.

How do commute times compare across 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).