Work & commute · Beaverton

Work & commute in Beaverton, OR

Most working residents leave Beaverton for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (30%), Hillsboro (13%) and Tigard (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

7,296 of 46,414 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 39,118 Beaverton residents head out of town to work, 7,296 work right here, and 52,508 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beaverton.

39,118live here, work elsewhere

7,296live and work here

52,508work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beaverton goes to work

Portland9.1 mi away

30%13,792

Beaverton (in town)right here

16%7,296

Hillsboro6.5 mi away

13%5,890

Tigard4.1 mi away

6%2,845

Tualatin7.3 mi away

3%1,620

Lake Oswego7.2 mi away

3%1,170

Wilsonville11.7 mi away

2%736

Salem39.6 mi away

2%709

Aloha2.9 mi away

2%706

Cedar Hills1.9 mi away

1%617

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%11,033

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

How far

How far Beaverton commutes

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

76%

17%

76%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beaverton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Beaverton are

59,804 jobs are based in Beaverton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beaverton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Beaverton

59,804 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Beaverton residents hold

46,414 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+11%

Jobs based in Beaverton, 2013 → 2023: 53,758 → 59,804. 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.