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Bend, OR · the CityFunIndex

Traffic & commutes in Bend

Bend ranks T#7 of 134 US cities for easy commutes, with a traffic-flow score of 95 — Exceptional. That puts it in the 96th percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in Oregon.

traffic-flow score
95
Exceptional
National rank
T#7 of 134
In Oregon
#1 of 2
Percentile
96th

The typical city scores 50 for easy commutes; Bend sits 45 points above the median.

How traffic & commutes is measured

Congestion and the time lost to commuting.

The traffic-flow score is the flip side of our traffic measure — 100 minus the raw traffic score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: US Census commute-time data (ACS).

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Bend

  1. #5 Park City, UT 97
  2. #6 Fargo, ND 96
  3. T#7 Bend, OR — this page 95
  4. #9 Lubbock, TX 94
  5. #10 Charleston, WV 93

See the full leaderboard — Cities with the lightest traffic →

Top US cities for easy commutes

  1. #1 Telluride, CO 100
  2. #2 Jackson, WY 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Key West, FL 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about Bend

Bend scores 80 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: