Two other ways that Oregonians transport themselves to work involve technology that predates combustion engines: walking and riding a bike. Oregon outpaced the nation last year in terms of the share of workers who walk and ride bikes to work. In 2011, 3.6 percent of Oregon's workers walked to work; that compares with 2.8 percent for the United States. Nationally, only 0.6 percent of workers rode bikes to work. In Oregon, 1.1 percent of workers rode their bike to work.
Some of Oregon's workers did not have to leave the comfort of their home to arrive at work. Advances in communication and information technology are increasingly allowing workers to perform their jobs at home. In 2011, 5.0 percent of Oregon's workers worked from home. That compared with 4.3 percent of workers in the U.S. Wheeler County had far and away the highest share of workers who worked from home at 18.9 percent; this helps explain why Wheeler County had the lowest percentage of workers traveling to work in an automobile. Baker County, at 10.6 percent, had the second highest share of workers who worked from home. Umatilla County had only 3.6 percent of its workers that worked at home, the lowest share in the state.
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