Work & commute · Bend

Work & commute in Bend, OR

60% of Bend’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Portland (5%), Redmond (5%) and Salem (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60%

26,537 of 44,276 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 17,739 Bend residents head out of town to work, 26,537 work right here, and 28,419 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bend.

17,739live here, work elsewhere

26,537live and work here

28,419work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bend goes to work

Bend (in town)right here

60%26,537

Portland121.6 mi away

5%2,342

Redmond15.4 mi away

5%2,155

Salem103.6 mi away

2%695

Eugene89.9 mi away

2%671

Prineville27.8 mi away

1%447

Hillsboro129 mi away

1%376

Tigard119 mi away

1%321

Sunriver13.6 mi away

1%318

Beaverton123 mi away

1%316

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%10,098

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

How far

How far Bend commutes

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

64%

24%

64%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bend is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bend are

54,956 jobs are based in Bend. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bend’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bend

54,956 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Bend residents hold

44,276 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+39%

Jobs based in Bend, 2013 → 2023: 39,604 → 54,956. 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.