Oregon City Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Oregon City, 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 Oregon City: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Oregon City spend about 50 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 209 hours, about 8.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 25% more time on the road than the Oregon average of 20.1 minutes each way, a difference of 5.0 minutes.

Oregon City holds about 0.6% of Oregon's population but accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Oregon City would save about 84 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,594 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)
Oregon City	25.1 min	50.2 min	209 hrs/yr	$6,486	2,152
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.

Oregon City Commute Map

On average, it takes 25.1 minutes to get to work in Oregon City. That's 12% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 15.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Oregon City

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Oregon City: 8.9 times less than the Oregon average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Oregon City: 1561340578356.3 times less than the Oregon average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Biking is unusually rare in Oregon City: 3.2 times less than the Oregon average (0.4% vs 1.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Oregon City, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Oregon City 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	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	86.5%	4.0%	3.8%	3.5%	1.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%
2010	84.9%	5.7%	4.1%	3.3%	1.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%
2011	84.6%	6.3%	3.6%	3.3%	1.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.6%
2012	85.6%	6.0%	3.0%	4.2%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.6%
2013	85.2%	6.8%	2.8%	3.8%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.7%
2014	84.3%	7.3%	3.2%	4.1%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.5%
2015	85.3%	6.4%	3.2%	3.9%	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%	0.5%
2016	85.8%	6.3%	3.1%	3.6%	0.4%	0.5%	0.1%	0.3%
2017	86.1%	6.4%	3.4%	2.9%	0.3%	0.5%	0.1%	0.3%
2018	86.5%	6.5%	3.2%	2.4%	0.4%	0.8%	0.1%	0.2%
2019	86.9%	6.9%	2.5%	2.1%	0.1%	0.9%	0.2%	0.3%
2020	87.4%	7.4%	2.4%	1.8%	0.1%	0.7%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	85.6%	9.4%	2.8%	1.3%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%
2022	82.1%	13.0%	2.6%	1.3%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%
2023	79.6%	14.4%	3.1%	1.8%	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%
2024	79.1%	15.0%	3.3%	1.7%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2020 at 87.4%. Overall it fell from 86.5% in 2009 to 79.1% in 2024, down 7.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Oregon City: its share of workers rose from 4.0% in 2009 to 15.0% in 2024, up 11.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 8.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.5% to 1.7% of workers (down 1.8 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Oregon City

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Oregon City?

The bars show when commuters in Oregon City 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		6.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.2%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.3%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.7%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.7%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.5%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Oregon City is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.0% across Oregon. Early starts are more common than in Oregon: 17.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.7% there. The morning rush looks much like Oregon's: 47.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.3% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.5%) 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 Oregon City, 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 Oregon City 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 Oregon City 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	Oregon City	Oregon	United States
2009	7:28 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:28 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:26 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:25 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:20 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:19 AM	7:42 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:19 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:21 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:20 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:19 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:20 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:24 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:22 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:23 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:28 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:26 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Oregon City were on the road by 7:26 AM, 1 minute 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 Oregon City now leave 12 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 Oregon City has moved 7 minutes later.

How does Oregon City's commute time compare?

Metric	Oregon City	Oregon	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	25.1 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	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	15.0%	19.0%	15.0%
Walked	3.3%	3.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.7%	2.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Oregon City is 25.1 minutes, longer than the 20.1 minutes in Oregon.

1.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.2% in Oregon. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as Oregon.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Oregon City, OR Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Oregon City, OR compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Oregon City, OR	23,774	25.1 min #2/2	15.0% #2/2	7:26 AM #1/2
West Linn, OR	23,113	22.7 min	31.7%	7:43 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Oregon City, Oregon.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 209 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,486 at a typical national wage. That's 25% more than the typical Oregon commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Oregon City, Oregon?

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