Portland

Shortest commutes to Downtown Portland

Ranked on distance to Downtown Portland at 50% and the mean commute time residents report to the Census at 50%. The mean commute includes people who work locally, which is why the two numbers do not always agree.

Updated Sep 2026·43 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
Southern entrance sign to East Minnehaha, an area designated a Clark County Neighborhood Association in Minnehaha, Washington, USA. The sign is located on NE 40
Minnehaha$448k median · 20.2 min commute
Commute A−Housing D+Cost of living B−
89
Commute score
overall 61 C
2
Drone photo of Portland, Oregon
Portland$582k median · 24.1 min commute
Commute B+Housing DCost of living B−
86
Commute score
overall 67 C+
3
Entrance sign to the private Oak Hills development.
Oak Hills$648k median · 21.3 min commute
Commute AHousing C−Cost of living B
85
Commute score
overall 76 B
4
View of Lakewood Bay, Oswego Lake, April 2008
Lake Oswego$932k median · 21.6 min commute
Commute A−Housing C+Cost of living C
85
Commute score
overall 76 B
5
A plaque placed at the U. S. Grant House on Officers Row commemorating the listing of the Vancouver Barracks on the National Register of Historic Places
Vancouver$462k median · 23.2 min commute
Commute BHousing D−Cost of living B
83
Commute score
overall 57 C−
6
Fairview Lake in Fairview, Oregon, looking northeast from a bridge over the Columbia Slough at the west end of the lake.
Fairview$428k median · 22.7 min commute
Commute B−Housing FCost of living B
80
Commute score
overall 50 D+
7
Looking east on Cornell Road at N.W. 129th Avenue in Cedar Mill, Oregon, in 2009. This is in the main commercial part of Cedar Mill. The intersection in the dis
Cedar Mill$878k median · 24.6 min commute
Commute B+Housing B−Cost of living C+
80
Commute score
overall 71 B−
8
Tualatin Commons in w:Tualatin, Oregon
Tualatin$628k median · 21.4 min commute
Commute B+Housing D+Cost of living B
80
Commute score
overall 68 B−
9
Downtown w:Tigard, Oregon, Main Street
Tigard$611k median · 22.9 min commute
Commute B+Housing D+Cost of living B−
80
Commute score
overall 69 B−
10
Aerial view of Bethany, Oregon
Bethany$752k median · 23.9 min commute
Commute BHousing C+Cost of living C
79
Commute score
overall 70 B−
This list's weighting
Distance to downtown 50%Mean commute time 50%
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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Minnehaha (Steven Baltakatei Sandoval · CC BY-SA 4.0); Portland (Spicypepper999 · CC0); Oak Hills (M.O. Stevens · CC BY 3.0); Lake Oswego (Esprqii · CC BY-SA 3.0); Vancouver (Visitor7 · CC BY-SA 3.0); Fairview (Finetooth · CC BY-SA 3.0); Cedar Mill (Steve Morgan · CC BY-SA 3.0); Tualatin (M.O. Stevens · CC BY-SA 3.0); Tigard (M.O. Stevens · Public domain); Bethany (Kingofthedead · Public domain).