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Harney County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Harney 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 Harney County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Harney County spend about 17 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 72 hours, about 3.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 57% less time on the road than the Oregon average of 20.1 minutes each way, a difference of 11.5 minutes.

Harney 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 Harney County would save about 29 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $889 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)
Harney County 8.6 min 17.2 min 72 hrs/yr $2,222 38
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

Harney County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 8.6 minutes to get to work in Harney County. That's 62% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 3 fastest counties in Oregon

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 12.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Harney County

  • Car: 80.5%
  • Worked at Home: 12.6%
  • Walked: 3.4%
  • Other: 3.4%
  • Public Transportation: 0.2% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Harney County: 131040.0 times less than the Oregon average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Harney County: 14.4 times less than the Oregon average (0.2% vs 2.2%).

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

Biking is unusually rare in Harney County: 72323.5 times less than the Oregon average (0.0% vs 1.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Harney County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Harney 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 Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 80.0% 12.0% 6.7% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
2010 79.2% 15.6% 4.5% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2011 73.8% 18.0% 6.4% 0.6% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2012 73.6% 18.4% 6.5% 0.8% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2013 73.6% 19.6% 5.0% 0.9% 0.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
2014 80.3% 13.2% 3.9% 1.0% 0.6% 0.1% 0.0% 1.0%
2015 77.8% 12.6% 7.2% 1.3% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%
2016 81.6% 10.0% 5.9% 1.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%
2017 81.6% 9.3% 6.6% 1.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1%
2018 81.5% 9.7% 6.4% 1.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1%
2019 76.5% 10.5% 8.3% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.1%
2020 78.3% 9.3% 8.4% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.4%
2021 78.0% 11.0% 7.9% 1.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5%
2022 80.0% 10.2% 6.9% 1.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 1.2%
2023 78.7% 12.6% 5.8% 1.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0%
2024 80.5% 12.6% 3.4% 3.4% 0.2% 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 2016 at 81.6% and lowest in 2012 at 73.6%. Overall it rose from 80.0% in 2009 to 80.5% in 2024, up 0.5 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Harney County: its share of workers rose from 12.0% in 2009 to 12.6% in 2024, up 0.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 6.7% to 3.4% of workers (down 3.3 percentage points).

Working from home peaked at 19.6% in 2013 and has since fallen back to 12.6%.

Commute Start Times in Harney County

  • Hitting SnoozeThe biggest shift to later mornings among Oregon's 36 counties: the typical start is 39 minutes later than in 2009.
  • Rush-Hour RegularsThe 3rd-highest share of rush-hour departures among Oregon's 36 counties: 56.2% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Harney County?

The bars show when commuters in Harney 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
1.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
7.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
4.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
3.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
9.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
13.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
17.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
15.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
8.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
3.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
5.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Harney County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 17.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.0% across Oregon. Early starts are less common than in Oregon: 12.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.7% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Oregon: 56.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.9%) 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 Harney 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 Harney 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 Harney 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 Harney County Oregon United States
2009 7:08 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:23 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:32 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:28 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:23 AM 7:42 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:23 AM 7:42 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:18 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:20 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:24 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:27 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:31 AM 7:38 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:44 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:49 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:51 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:53 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:48 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Harney County were on the road by 7:48 AM, 39 minutes later than in 2009 (7:08 AM). The shift is sharper than across Oregon, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Harney County now leave 10 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 Harney County has moved 17 minutes later.

How does Harney County's commute time compare?

Metric Harney County Oregon US Average
Avg. Commute Time 8.6 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 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 12.6% 19.0% 15.0%
Walked 3.4% 3.3% 2.4%
Public Transit 0.2% 2.2% 3.2%

The average commute time in Harney County is 8.6 minutes, shorter than the 20.1 minutes in Oregon.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.2% in Oregon. 3.4% commute by walking, higher than the 3.3% in Oregon.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Harney County, OR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Harney County, OR is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 7,499 residents against a local median of 17,289. Where Harney County, OR breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 51% above the local median of 8.4% at 12.6%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 8.6 min against a local median of 14.0 min, 38% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 38% below the local median it puts Harney County, OR at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 5.8% on work from home, so Harney County, OR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Harney County, OR has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Harney County, OR 7,499 8.6 min #2/6 12.6% #1/6 7:48 AM #5/6
Malheur County, OR 31,953 14.0 min 7.7% 7:49 AM
Grant County, OR 7,208 11.3 min 12.1% 7:01 AM
Lake County, OR 8,267 7.7 min 8.4% 7:30 AM
Crook County, OR 26,277 20.9 min 11.4% 7:20 AM
Humboldt County, NV 17,289 17.0 min 6.3% 7:05 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Harney County, Oregon.

Is commuting expensive in Harney County, Oregon?

Commuters here spend an estimated 72 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,222 at a typical national wage. That's 57% less than the typical Oregon commuter spends.

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

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

Do people use public transit in Harney County, Oregon?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% 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).