Commuting in Hood River 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 Hood River County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Hood River County spend about 32 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 133 hours, about 5.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 21% less time on the road than the Oregon average of 20.1 minutes each way, a difference of 4.2 minutes.
Hood River County holds about 0.6% of Oregon's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Hood River County would save about 53 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,646 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)
Hood River County
15.9 min
31.9 min
133 hrs/yr
$4,115
497
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.
On average, it takes
15.9
minutes to get to work in
Hood River County.
That's 29% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
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 20.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Hood River County
Car:
71.9%
Worked at Home:
20.3%
Walked:
4.3%
Other:
1.6%
Bicycle:
1.0%
Public Transportation:
0.7%unusually low
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Hood River County: 3.1 times less than the Oregon average (0.7% vs 2.2%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Hood River County, versus 0.1% in Oregon.
Commute Mode Trends in Hood River County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Hood River 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
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
77.7%
12.6%
5.5%
0.8%
1.5%
1.4%
0.3%
0.2%
2010
79.1%
11.6%
5.7%
0.7%
1.5%
1.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2011
76.1%
13.5%
6.2%
1.3%
1.7%
0.8%
0.4%
0.0%
2012
79.7%
10.4%
6.7%
1.1%
1.2%
0.3%
0.5%
0.0%
2013
82.0%
9.2%
5.9%
1.1%
1.4%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2014
80.4%
8.9%
6.6%
2.3%
0.9%
0.1%
0.8%
0.0%
2015
79.7%
9.3%
7.3%
2.2%
0.6%
0.1%
0.8%
0.0%
2016
80.2%
10.2%
5.5%
1.7%
0.9%
0.2%
1.3%
0.0%
2017
79.5%
11.2%
5.9%
1.5%
0.8%
0.1%
1.0%
0.0%
2018
79.3%
11.4%
5.7%
1.3%
0.8%
0.4%
1.2%
0.0%
2019
80.3%
9.4%
7.8%
0.7%
1.1%
0.3%
0.5%
0.0%
2020
76.2%
14.0%
7.3%
0.6%
1.1%
0.6%
0.3%
0.0%
2021
73.8%
14.8%
8.3%
0.8%
1.5%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
74.0%
15.6%
7.3%
1.0%
1.2%
0.7%
0.2%
0.0%
2023
73.0%
18.2%
5.9%
0.9%
1.0%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
2024
71.9%
20.3%
4.3%
1.6%
1.0%
0.7%
0.2%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2013 at 82.0%. Overall it fell from 77.7% in 2009 to 71.9% in 2024, down 5.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Hood River County: its share of workers rose from 12.6% in 2009 to 20.3% in 2024, up 7.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 10.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.5% to 4.3% of workers (down 1.2 percentage points).
Riding a motorcycle peaked at 1.3% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 0.2%.
Commute Start Times in Hood River County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hood River County?
The bars show when commuters in Hood River 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
12:00-4:59 AMHood River County6.4%Oregon5.9%
6.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMHood River County6.5%Oregon3.8%
6.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMHood River County5.7%Oregon5.0%
5.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMHood River County7.3%Oregon7.6%
7.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMHood River County12.5%Oregon9.7%
12.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMHood River County15.6%Oregon13.0%
15.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMHood River County12.0%Oregon13.0%
12.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMHood River County6.5%Oregon10.6%
6.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMHood River County7.9%Oregon5.8%
7.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMHood River County7.7%Oregon7.2%
7.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMHood River County2.4%Oregon3.7%
2.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMHood River County2.7%Oregon1.8%
2.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMHood River County3.5%Oregon7.1%
3.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMHood River County3.4%Oregon5.7%
3.4%
Hood River CountyOregonSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Hood River County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.0% across Oregon. Early starts are more common than in Oregon: 18.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.7% there. The morning rush looks much like Oregon's: 46.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.3% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.6%) 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 Hood River 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 Hood River 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 Hood River 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
Hood River County
Oregon
United States
2009
7:32 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:32 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:34 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:34 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:33 AM
7:42 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:27 AM
7:42 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:28 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:24 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:26 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:29 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:30 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:36 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:32 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:24 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:22 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Hood River County were on the road by 7:22 AM, 9 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:32 AM). That goes against the trend across Oregon, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Hood River County now leave 15 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 Hood River County has moved 9 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Hood River County in the whole series.
How does Hood River County's commute time compare?
Metric
Hood River County
Oregon
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
15.9 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
20.3%
19.0%
15.0%
Walked
4.3%
3.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.7%
2.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Hood River County is 15.9 minutes, shorter than the 20.1 minutes in Oregon.
0.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.2% in Oregon. 4.3% commute by walking, higher than the 3.3% in Oregon.
Hood River County, OR Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Hood River County, OR is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 23,904 residents against a local median of 423,491. Where Hood River County, OR breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 28% below the local median of 22.1 min at 15.9 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 13.9 min on one-way commute, so Hood River County, OR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Hood River County, OR has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Hood River County, Oregon.
Is living in Hood River County, Oregon good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 133 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,115 at a typical national wage. That's 21% less than the typical Oregon commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Hood River County, Oregon?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Hood River 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.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Hood River County, Oregon?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.7% 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).