Work & commute · Bly

Work & commute in Bly, OR

Most working residents leave Bly for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Klamath Falls (15%), Altamont (8%) and Medford (5%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 59 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

—%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 56 Bly residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bly.

56live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bly goes to work

Klamath Falls39.3 mi away

15%9

Altamont37.3 mi away

8%5

Medford92.4 mi away

5%3

Bly (in town)right here

5%3

Merrill38.1 mi away

3%2

Bonanza22.8 mi away

3%2

Salem201 mi away

3%2

San Francisco, CA339 mi away

2%1

Culver147.5 mi away

2%1

Gold Hill102.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%30

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

How far

How far Bly commutes

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

14%

49%

32%

5%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

49%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bly is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bly are

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

Jobs based in Bly

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Bly residents hold

59 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+50%

Jobs based in Bly, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 18. 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.