Work & commute · Bandon

Work & commute in Bandon, OR

About one in 3 of Bandon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Coos Bay (11%), Coquille (3%) and North Bend (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

345 of 1,060 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 715 Bandon residents head out of town to work, 345 work right here, and 1,039 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bandon.

715live here, work elsewhere

345live and work here

1,039work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bandon goes to work

Bandon (in town)right here

33%345

Coos Bay20.6 mi away

11%113

Coquille12.5 mi away

3%27

North Bend22.2 mi away

3%27

Portland188.7 mi away

2%25

Grants Pass72.4 mi away

2%24

Salem142.9 mi away

2%18

Medford95.9 mi away

2%17

Eugene91.9 mi away

1%15

Roseburg54.1 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%435

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

How far

How far Bandon commutes

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

51%

20%

26%

51%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bandon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bandon are

1,384 jobs are based in Bandon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bandon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bandon

1,384 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Bandon residents hold

1,060 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+20%

Jobs based in Bandon, 2013 → 2023: 1,154 → 1,384. 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.