Wheeler County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Wheeler County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Wheeler County spend about 26 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 109 hours, about 4.6 full days, spent commuting.

That is 35% less time on the road than the Oregon average of 20.3 minutes each way, a difference of 7.1 minutes.

Wheeler County holds about 0.0% of Oregon's population and accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Wheeler County would save about 44 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,356 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)
Wheeler County	13.1 min	26.2 min	109 hrs/yr	$3,391	58
Oregon	20.3 min	40.5 min	169 hrs/yr	$5,236	967
United States	22.5 min	44.9 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,803	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

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On average, it takes 13.1 minutes to get to work in Wheeler County. That's 42% shorter than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 77% of counties in Oregon

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM , followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Worked at Home . About 20.9% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 71.1%
• Worked at Home: 20.9%
• Walked: 5.3%
• Public Transportation: 2.5%
• Other: 0.2%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Motorcycle commuting is essentially absent in Wheeler County, versus 0.2% in Oregon.

Taxi commuting is essentially absent in Wheeler County, versus 0.1% in Oregon.

Bicycle commuting is essentially absent in Wheeler County, versus 1.4% in Oregon.

How does Wheeler County's commute time compare?

Metric	Wheeler County	Oregon	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	13.1 min	20.3 min	22.5 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	20.9%	17.0%	13.4%
Walked	5.3%	3.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	2.5%	2.6%	3.5%

The average commute time in Wheeler County is 13.1 minutes, shorter than the 20.3 minutes in Oregon.

2.5% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.6% in Oregon. 5.3% commute by walking, higher than the 3.3% in Oregon.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau