Work & commute · Oregon

Work & commute in Oregon, OH

Most working residents leave Oregon for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Toledo (34%), Perrysburg (5%) and Northwood (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,291 of 9,383 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 8,092 Oregon residents head out of town to work, 1,291 work right here, and 6,638 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oregon.

8,092live here, work elsewhere

1,291live and work here

6,638work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oregon goes to work

Toledo7.4 mi away

34%3,184

Oregon (in town)right here

14%1,291

Perrysburg11.3 mi away

5%470

Northwood3.9 mi away

4%344

Maumee13.2 mi away

3%248

Sylvania14.8 mi away

2%222

Perrysburg13.4 mi away

2%201

Rossford8.8 mi away

2%185

Sylvania14.5 mi away

2%158

Lake7.4 mi away

1%127

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,953

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.

58%

21%

16%

58%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oregon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oregon are

7,929 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

7,929 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Oregon residents hold

9,383 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−20%

Jobs based in Oregon, 2013 → 2023: 9,899 → 7,929. 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.