Hillsboro Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Hillsboro, 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 Hillsboro: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Hillsboro spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 154 hours, about 6.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 8% less time on the road than the Oregon average of 20.1 minutes each way, a difference of 1.6 minutes.

Hillsboro holds about 2.3% of Oregon's population but accounts for roughly 2.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Hillsboro would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,912 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)
Hillsboro	18.5 min	37.0 min	154 hrs/yr	$4,779	2,845
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.

Hillsboro Commute Map

On average, it takes 18.5 minutes to get to work in Hillsboro. That's 17% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 21.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Hillsboro

Commute Mode Trends in Hillsboro, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Hillsboro 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	Public Transportation	Walked	Other	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	83.5%	3.7%	7.3%	2.8%	0.9%	1.4%	0.0%	0.3%
2010	83.8%	3.8%	7.4%	2.8%	0.6%	1.4%	0.0%	0.3%
2011	83.4%	4.6%	6.8%	3.1%	0.6%	1.3%	0.0%	0.2%
2012	83.5%	4.5%	6.7%	3.3%	0.5%	1.3%	0.0%	0.2%
2013	83.0%	4.7%	7.1%	3.2%	0.6%	1.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2014	83.2%	4.4%	7.1%	3.2%	0.5%	1.4%	0.0%	0.2%
2015	82.9%	4.8%	6.8%	3.0%	0.6%	1.5%	0.0%	0.3%
2016	84.1%	4.1%	6.8%	2.6%	0.6%	1.6%	0.0%	0.3%
2017	83.3%	4.4%	7.3%	2.5%	0.6%	1.7%	0.0%	0.3%
2018	83.9%	4.5%	6.8%	2.3%	0.6%	1.4%	0.0%	0.4%
2019	83.9%	4.5%	6.6%	2.7%	0.6%	1.2%	0.1%	0.4%
2020	81.2%	7.3%	6.5%	3.1%	0.6%	0.9%	0.2%	0.2%
2021	76.3%	12.6%	6.1%	3.1%	0.6%	0.9%	0.2%	0.1%
2022	73.3%	17.5%	4.5%	2.9%	0.8%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%
2023	71.2%	19.7%	4.6%	2.9%	0.8%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2024	70.0%	21.8%	4.2%	2.5%	0.8%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2016 at 84.1%. Overall it fell from 83.5% in 2009 to 70.0% in 2024, down 13.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Hillsboro: its share of workers rose from 3.7% in 2009 to 21.8% in 2024, up 18.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 17.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 7.3% to 4.2% of workers (down 3.1 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Hillsboro

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hillsboro?

The bars show when commuters in Hillsboro 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		4.2%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.9%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.4%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.3%
7:00-7:29 AM		10.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		12.7%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.4%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.3%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		9.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Hillsboro is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 12.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.0% across Oregon. Early starts are less common than in Oregon: 13.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.7% there. The morning rush looks much like Oregon's: 45.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.3% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (30.0%) 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 Hillsboro, 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 Hillsboro 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 Hillsboro 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	Hillsboro	Oregon	United States
2009	7:32 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:33 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:32 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:33 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:31 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:32 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:30 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:29 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:30 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:32 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:34 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:40 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:44 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:44 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:46 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:50 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Hillsboro were on the road by 7:50 AM, 18 minutes later than in 2009 (7:32 AM). The shift is sharper than across Oregon, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Hillsboro now leave 12 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 Hillsboro has moved 16 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Hillsboro in the whole series.

How does Hillsboro's commute time compare?

Metric	Hillsboro	Oregon	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.5 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	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	21.8%	19.0%	15.0%
Walked	2.5%	3.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	4.2%	2.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Hillsboro is 18.5 minutes, shorter than the 20.1 minutes in Oregon.

4.2% commute by public transit, higher than the 2.2% in Oregon. 2.5% commute by walking, lower than the 3.3% in Oregon.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Hillsboro, OR Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Hillsboro, OR compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Hillsboro, OR	97,915	18.5 min #1/3	21.8% #2/3	7:50 AM #2/3
Aloha, OR	51,616	22.4 min	21.6%	7:27 AM
Bethany, OR	25,168	22.5 min	39.6%	8:08 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Hillsboro, Oregon.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Hillsboro, Oregon?

Commuters here spend an estimated 154 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,779 at a typical national wage. That's 8% less than the typical Oregon commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Hillsboro, Oregon?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Hillsboro, 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.