Work & commute · Bethany

Work & commute in Bethany, OR

Most working residents leave Bethany for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (26%), Hillsboro (26%) and Beaverton (10%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

492 of 14,386 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

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,894 Bethany residents head out of town to work, 492 work right here, and 3,263 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bethany.

13,894live here, work elsewhere

492live and work here

3,263work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bethany goes to work

Portland9.2 mi away

26%3,767

Hillsboro5.2 mi away

26%3,736

Beaverton5.8 mi away

10%1,416

Bethany (in town)right here

3%492

Tigard9.9 mi away

3%384

Aloha5.1 mi away

2%297

Lake Oswego12.2 mi away

2%283

Tualatin13.1 mi away

2%254

Salem45 mi away

2%228

West Haven-Sylvan4.6 mi away

1%160

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%3,369

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

How far

How far Bethany commutes

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

73%

19%

73%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bethany is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.26 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bethany are

3,755 jobs are based in Bethany. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bethany’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bethany

3,755 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Bethany residents hold

14,386 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+36%

Jobs based in Bethany, 2013 → 2023: 2,765 → 3,755. 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.