How long is the commute in Portland?

Average travel time to work in Portland, OR, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Portland gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 18.4 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 50.5
• Carpooled: 7
• Transit: 7.3
• Walked: 4.8
• From home: 25.3

Average commute (minutes)

• Portland: 18.4
• Multnomah County: 19.3
• OR: 19.3
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 25.3% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 4.6 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 7.4% of workers in 2015 to 25.3% in the latest estimates.