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Cities in Oregon by mean travel time to work

St. Helens, OR had the highest mean travel time to work of 55 cities in 2021, at 34.3 minutes. Pendleton, OR had the lowest, at 12.2 minutes. The median was 24 minutes and the figure for Oregon was 23.7 minutes. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest34.3St. Helens, OR
Lowest12.2Pendleton, OR
Median2455 cities
Oregon23.7History

All cities, 2021

St. Helens, OR: 34.3 minutesSt. Helens, OR34.3Molalla, OR: 33.7 minutesMolalla, OR33.7Sandy, OR: 31.2 minutesSandy, OR31.2Forest Grove, OR: 29.9 minutesForest Grove, OR29.9Happy Valley, OR: 29.2 minutesHappy Valley, OR29.2Troutdale, OR: 29.1 minutesTroutdale, OR29.1Cornelius, OR: 29 minutesCornelius, OR29Dallas, OR: 29 minutesDallas, OR29Silverton, OR: 29 minutesSilverton, OR29Gresham, OR: 28.6 minutesGresham, OR28.6Fairview, OR: 27.8 minutesFairview, OR27.8Oregon City, OR: 27.8 minutesOregon City, OR27.8Newberg, OR: 27.4 minutesNewberg, OR27.4West Linn, OR: 27.3 minutesWest Linn, OR27.3Woodburn, OR: 26.9 minutesWoodburn, OR26.9Sweet Home, OR: 26.7 minutesSweet Home, OR26.7Milwaukie, OR: 26.6 minutesMilwaukie, OR26.6Independence, OR: 26.4 minutesIndependence, OR26.4Wilsonville, OR: 26.3 minutesWilsonville, OR26.3Canby, OR: 26.2 minutesCanby, OR26.2Prineville, OR: 26.2 minutesPrineville, OR26.2Sherwood, OR: 25.7 minutesSherwood, OR25.7Portland, OR: 25.5 minutesPortland, OR25.5Lebanon, OR: 25 minutesLebanon, OR25Beaverton, OR: 24.9 minutesBeaverton, OR24.9Tigard, OR: 24.1 minutesTigard, OR24.1Gladstone, OR: 24 minutesGladstone, OR24Keizer, OR: 24 minutesKeizer, OR24Hillsboro, OR: 23.4 minutesHillsboro, OR23.4Lake Oswego, OR: 23.2 minutesLake Oswego, OR23.2Monmouth, OR: 23.2 minutesMonmouth, OR23.2Tualatin, OR: 22.9 minutesTualatin, OR22.9Salem, OR: 22.7 minutesSalem, OR22.7McMinnville, OR: 21.8 minutesMcMinnville, OR21.8Albany, OR: 20.8 minutesAlbany, OR20.8Cottage Grove, OR: 20.4 minutesCottage Grove, OR20.4Springfield, OR: 20.1 minutesSpringfield, OR20.1Redmond, OR: 19.9 minutesRedmond, OR19.9Eugene, OR: 18.9 minutesEugene, OR18.9Hermiston, OR: 18.6 minutesHermiston, OR18.6Medford, OR: 17.7 minutesMedford, OR17.7Bend, OR: 16.9 minutesBend, OR16.9Central Point, OR: 16.9 minutesCentral Point, OR16.9Corvallis, OR: 16.9 minutesCorvallis, OR16.9Ashland, OR: 16.7 minutesAshland, OR16.7Newport, OR: 15.8 minutesNewport, OR15.8Grants Pass, OR: 15.4 minutesGrants Pass, OR15.4Klamath Falls, OR: 14.2 minutesKlamath Falls, OR14.2The Dalles, OR: 14.2 minutesThe Dalles, OR14.2Ontario, OR: 13.8 minutesOntario, OR13.8La Grande, OR: 13.7 minutesLa Grande, OR13.7Lincoln City, OR: 13.6 minutesLincoln City, OR13.6Baker City, OR: 13.4 minutesBaker City, OR13.4Roseburg, OR: 13.2 minutesRoseburg, OR13.2Pendleton, OR: 12.2 minutesPendleton, OR12.2St. Helens, OR: 34.3 minutesSt. Helens, OR34.3Molalla, OR: 33.7 minutesMolalla, OR33.7Sandy, OR: 31.2 minutesSandy, OR31.2Forest Grove, OR: 29.9 minutesForest Grove, OR29.9Happy Valley, OR: 29.2 minutesHappy Valley, OR29.2Troutdale, OR: 29.1 minutesTroutdale, OR29.1Cornelius, OR: 29 minutesCornelius, OR29Dallas, OR: 29 minutesDallas, OR29Silverton, OR: 29 minutesSilverton, OR29Gresham, OR: 28.6 minutesGresham, OR28.6Fairview, OR: 27.8 minutesFairview, OR27.8Oregon City, OR: 27.8 minutesOregon City, OR27.8Newberg, OR: 27.4 minutesNewberg, OR27.4West Linn, OR: 27.3 minutesWest Linn, OR27.3Woodburn, OR: 26.9 minutesWoodburn, OR26.9Sweet Home, OR: 26.7 minutesSweet Home, OR26.7Milwaukie, OR: 26.6 minutesMilwaukie, OR26.6Independence, OR: 26.4 minutesIndependence, OR26.4Wilsonville, OR: 26.3 minutesWilsonville, OR26.3Canby, OR: 26.2 minutesCanby, OR26.2Prineville, OR: 26.2 minutesPrineville, OR26.2Sherwood, OR: 25.7 minutesSherwood, OR25.7Portland, OR: 25.5 minutesPortland, OR25.5Lebanon, OR: 25 minutesLebanon, OR25Beaverton, OR: 24.9 minutesBeaverton, OR24.9Tigard, OR: 24.1 minutesTigard, OR24.1Gladstone, OR: 24 minutesGladstone, OR24Keizer, OR: 24 minutesKeizer, OR24Hillsboro, OR: 23.4 minutesHillsboro, OR23.4Lake Oswego, OR: 23.2 minutesLake Oswego, OR23.2Monmouth, OR: 23.2 minutesMonmouth, OR23.2Tualatin, OR: 22.9 minutesTualatin, OR22.9Salem, OR: 22.7 minutesSalem, OR22.7McMinnville, OR: 21.8 minutesMcMinnville, OR21.8Albany, OR: 20.8 minutesAlbany, OR20.8Cottage Grove, OR: 20.4 minutesCottage Grove, OR20.4Springfield, OR: 20.1 minutesSpringfield, OR20.1Redmond, OR: 19.9 minutesRedmond, OR19.9Eugene, OR: 18.9 minutesEugene, OR18.9Hermiston, OR: 18.6 minutesHermiston, OR18.6Medford, OR: 17.7 minutesMedford, OR17.7Bend, OR: 16.9 minutesBend, OR16.9Central Point, OR: 16.9 minutesCentral Point, OR16.9Corvallis, OR: 16.9 minutesCorvallis, OR16.9Ashland, OR: 16.7 minutesAshland, OR16.7Newport, OR: 15.8 minutesNewport, OR15.8Grants Pass, OR: 15.4 minutesGrants Pass, OR15.4Klamath Falls, OR: 14.2 minutesKlamath Falls, OR14.2The Dalles, OR: 14.2 minutesThe Dalles, OR14.2Ontario, OR: 13.8 minutesOntario, OR13.8La Grande, OR: 13.7 minutesLa Grande, OR13.7Lincoln City, OR: 13.6 minutesLincoln City, OR13.6Baker City, OR: 13.4 minutesBaker City, OR13.4Roseburg, OR: 13.2 minutesRoseburg, OR13.2Pendleton, OR: 12.2 minutesPendleton, OR12.2
minutes. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021
minutes
1St. Helens, OR Estimated34.3
2Molalla, OR Estimated33.7
3Sandy, OR Estimated31.2
4Forest Grove, OR Estimated29.9
5Happy Valley, OR Estimated29.2
6Troutdale, OR Estimated29.1
7Cornelius, OR Estimated29
7Dallas, OR Estimated29
7Silverton, OR Estimated29
10Gresham, OR Estimated28.6
11Fairview, OR Estimated27.8
11Oregon City, OR Estimated27.8
13Newberg, OR Estimated27.4
14West Linn, OR Estimated27.3
15Woodburn, OR Estimated26.9
16Sweet Home, OR Estimated26.7
17Milwaukie, OR Estimated26.6
18Independence, OR Estimated26.4
19Wilsonville, OR Estimated26.3
20Canby, OR Estimated26.2
20Prineville, OR Estimated26.2
22Sherwood, OR Estimated25.7
23Portland, OR Estimated25.5
24Lebanon, OR Estimated25
25Beaverton, OR Estimated24.9
26Tigard, OR Estimated24.1
27Gladstone, OR Estimated24
27Keizer, OR Estimated24
29Hillsboro, OR Estimated23.4
30Lake Oswego, OR Estimated23.2
30Monmouth, OR Estimated23.2
32Tualatin, OR Estimated22.9
33Salem, OR Estimated22.7
34McMinnville, OR Estimated21.8
35Albany, OR Estimated20.8
36Cottage Grove, OR Estimated20.4
37Springfield, OR Estimated20.1
38Redmond, OR Estimated19.9
39Eugene, OR Estimated18.9
40Hermiston, OR Estimated18.6
41Medford, OR Estimated17.7
42Bend, OR Estimated16.9
42Central Point, OR Estimated16.9
42Corvallis, OR Estimated16.9
45Ashland, OR Estimated16.7
46Newport, OR Estimated15.8
47Grants Pass, OR Estimated15.4
48Klamath Falls, OR Estimated14.2
48The Dalles, OR Estimated14.2
50Ontario, OR Estimated13.8
51La Grande, OR Estimated13.7
52Lincoln City, OR Estimated13.6
53Baker City, OR Estimated13.4
54Roseburg, OR Estimated13.2
55Pendleton, OR Estimated12.2

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Mean one-way travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16 and over who did not work from home.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Oregon by mean travel time to work, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Oregon by mean travel time to work, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/oregon-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which city has the highest mean travel time to work?

St. Helens, OR, with 34.3 minutes in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest mean travel time to work?

Pendleton, OR, with 12.2 minutes in 2021.

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