Work & commute · Alsea

Work & commute in Alsea, OR

Most working residents leave Alsea for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Corvallis (24%), Albany (11%) and Philomath (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 46 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 45 Alsea residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alsea.

45live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

127work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alsea goes to work

Corvallis20.3 mi away

24%11

Albany29.9 mi away

11%5

Philomath16.1 mi away

7%3

Eugene32.6 mi away

7%3

Newport27.6 mi away

4%2

Frankfort, KY2035.8 mi away

2%1

Tillamook75.1 mi away

2%1

Toledo23.4 mi away

2%1

Dallas39.8 mi away

2%1

St. Helens108.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%17

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

How far

How far Alsea commutes

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

46%

26%

24%

4%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alsea is a job hub

2.78jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alsea are

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

Jobs based in Alsea

128 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Alsea residents hold

46 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+75%

Jobs based in Alsea, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 128. 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.