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Grant County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Grant 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 Grant County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Grant County spend about 23 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 94 hours, about 3.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 44% less time on the road than the Oregon average of 20.1 minutes each way, a difference of 8.8 minutes.

Grant County holds about 0.2% of Oregon's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Grant County would save about 38 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,172 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)
Grant County 11.3 min 22.7 min 94 hrs/yr $2,929 61
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

Grant County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 11.3 minutes to get to work in Grant County. That's 49% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 5 fastest counties in Oregon

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 12.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Grant County

  • Car: 80.0%
  • Worked at Home: 12.1%
  • Walked: 7.0%
  • Bicycle: 0.5%
  • Other: 0.3%
  • Motorcycle: 0.1%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is essentially absent in Grant County, versus 2.2% in Oregon.

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

Commute Mode Trends in Grant County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Grant 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 Bicycle Other Motorcycle Public Transportation Taxi
2009 83.8% 4.5% 9.9% 0.9% 0.3% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0%
2010 83.1% 3.8% 10.5% 1.1% 0.9% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0%
2011 78.5% 6.2% 10.9% 1.9% 0.8% 0.4% 1.3% 0.0%
2012 78.7% 6.8% 10.7% 1.2% 0.5% 0.5% 1.5% 0.0%
2013 79.6% 7.4% 9.6% 1.2% 0.5% 0.4% 1.0% 0.4%
2014 83.9% 7.9% 5.1% 1.2% 0.4% 0.2% 0.9% 0.4%
2015 84.2% 8.1% 5.5% 0.8% 0.1% 0.2% 0.8% 0.3%
2016 86.1% 7.7% 5.0% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.3% 0.4%
2017 86.2% 6.7% 6.0% 0.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2% 0.4%
2018 83.5% 6.8% 8.8% 0.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2019 81.5% 7.2% 10.3% 0.3% 0.7% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 82.2% 7.5% 8.1% 1.3% 0.8% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 85.5% 4.9% 7.9% 0.9% 0.7% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 79.0% 9.0% 9.8% 1.2% 0.6% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 78.1% 11.7% 8.5% 1.0% 0.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 80.0% 12.1% 7.0% 0.5% 0.3% 0.1% 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 2017 at 86.2% and lowest in 2023 at 78.1%. Overall it fell from 83.8% in 2009 to 80.0% in 2024, down 3.8 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Grant County: its share of workers rose from 4.5% in 2009 to 12.1% in 2024, up 7.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 9.9% to 7.0% of workers (down 2.9 percentage points).

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

Public transit peaked at 1.5% in 2012 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.

Commute Start Times in Grant County

  • Earlier AlarmsThe biggest shift to earlier mornings among Oregon's 36 counties: the typical start is 27 minutes earlier than in 2009.
  • Early BirdThe 2nd-earliest start among Oregon's 36 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 7:01 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Grant County?

The bars show when commuters in Grant 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
7.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
9.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
7.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
11.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
13.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
13.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
12.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
7.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
6.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
2.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
1.2%

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

The busiest time to head out in Grant County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.0% across Oregon. Early starts are more common than in Oregon: 24.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.7% there. The morning rush looks much like Oregon's: 47.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.3% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.6%) 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 Grant 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 Grant 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 Grant 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 Grant County Oregon United States
2009 7:28 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:37 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:36 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:32 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:34 AM 7:42 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:25 AM 7:42 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:20 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:22 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:24 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:26 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:30 AM 7:38 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:20 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:18 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:14 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:15 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:01 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Grant County were on the road by 7:01 AM, 26 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:28 AM). That goes against the trend across Oregon, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Grant County now leave 37 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 Grant County has moved 28 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Grant County in the whole series.

How does Grant County's commute time compare?

Metric Grant County Oregon US Average
Avg. Commute Time 11.3 min 20.1 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 12.1% 19.0% 15.0%
Walked 7.0% 3.3% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 2.2% 3.2%

The average commute time in Grant County is 11.3 minutes, shorter than the 20.1 minutes in Oregon.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.2% in Oregon. 7.0% commute by walking, higher than the 3.3% in Oregon.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Grant County, OR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Grant County, OR is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 7,208 residents against a local median of 16,836. Grant County, OR's work from home, at 12.1%, runs 42% above the 8.5% typical of the counties around it.

The counties themselves spread 16.7% on work from home, so Grant County, OR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Grant County, OR has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Grant County, OR 7,208 11.3 min #2/6 12.1% #2/6 7:01 AM #2/6
Wheeler County, OR 1,484 13.0 min 19.9% 7:37 AM
Morrow County, OR 12,300 21.0 min 3.2% 6:52 AM
Umatilla County, OR 79,928 16.0 min 7.1% 7:17 AM
Union County, OR 26,138 11.5 min 8.5% 7:32 AM
Baker County, OR 16,836 8.9 min 9.8% 7:32 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Grant County, Oregon.

Is living in Grant County, Oregon good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 94 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,929 at a typical national wage. That's 44% less than the typical Oregon commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Grant County, Oregon?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Grant County, Oregon. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How common is public transit use in Grant 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.

Which counties in Oregon have the fastest and slowest commutes?

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).