Work & commute · Oregon

Work & commute in Oregon, MI

Most working residents leave Oregon for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lapeer (15%), Detroit (4%) and Flint (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

63 of 2,264 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,201 Oregon residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oregon.

2,201live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

126work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oregon goes to work

Lapeer4.8 mi away

15%340

Detroit51.1 mi away

4%94

Flint15.5 mi away

4%90

Auburn Hills29.7 mi away

4%87

Rochester Hills31.9 mi away

4%81

Troy37.2 mi away

3%69

Warren45.4 mi away

3%63

Oregon (in town)right here

3%63

Oxford17.7 mi away

2%56

Davison8.6 mi away

2%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,271

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.

25%

22%

38%

15%

25%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oregon is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oregon are

189 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

189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Oregon residents hold

2,264 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+62%

Jobs based in Oregon, 2011 → 2021: 117 → 189. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.