Work & commute · Boardman

Work & commute in Boardman, OR

About one in 3 of Boardman’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hermiston (5%), Portland (5%) and Pendleton (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

489 of 1,648 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,159 Boardman residents head out of town to work, 489 work right here, and 1,933 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boardman.

1,159live here, work elsewhere

489live and work here

1,933work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boardman goes to work

Boardman (in town)right here

30%489

Hermiston19.6 mi away

5%88

Portland144.2 mi away

5%84

Pendleton43.5 mi away

2%32

Umatilla18.2 mi away

2%31

Heppner34 mi away

2%30

Salem173.5 mi away

2%30

Irrigon10.6 mi away

2%29

Bend146.1 mi away

1%16

Eugene207.8 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%805

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

How far

How far Boardman commutes

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

45%

24%

45%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boardman is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Boardman are

2,422 jobs are based in Boardman. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boardman’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Boardman

2,422 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Boardman residents hold

1,648 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+77%

Jobs based in Boardman, 2013 → 2023: 1,368 → 2,422. 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.