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Work & commute in Oregon, IN

Most working residents leave Oregon for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Plymouth (10%), South Bend (7%) and Walkerton (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
54 of 1,373 working residents
Typical commute
25 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
41 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,319 Oregon residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 242 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oregon.

1,319live here, work elsewhere
54live and work here
242work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Oregon goes to work

HamletWalkertonKnoxPlymouthWarsawValparaisoMishawakaLa PorteMichigan CitySouth BendWashingtonWestPolkJohnsonLincolnCenterDavisOregonKoontz LakePlymouthSouth BendWalkertonKnoxValparaisoMishawakaLa PorteMichigan CityWarsawOregon
1
Plymouth10.9 mi away
10%144
2
South Bend23.9 mi away
7%101
3
Walkerton5.8 mi away
6%84
4
Knox8.4 mi away
5%71
5
Oregon (in town)right here
3%45
6
Valparaiso28.2 mi away
3%39
7
Mishawaka27.2 mi away
2%34
8
La Porte18.4 mi away
2%30
9
Michigan City28.5 mi away
2%26
10
Warsaw36.3 mi away
2%25
Everywhere elseother towns and states
56%774

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Oregon commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

23%Under 10 mi
27%10–24 mi
25%25–50 mi
25%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Oregon is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Oregon are

296 jobs are based in Oregon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oregon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oregon

296 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)32%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Oregon residents hold

1,373 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month57%
+17%

Jobs based in Oregon, 2013 → 2023: 252 → 296. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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