Work & commute · Boring

Work & commute in Boring, OR

Most working residents leave Boring for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (30%), Gresham (9%) and Sandy (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 870 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

51 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 839 Boring residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 1,031 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boring.

839live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

1,031work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boring goes to work

Portland15.3 mi away

30%265

Gresham5.9 mi away

9%80

Boring (in town)right here

4%31

Sandy5.5 mi away

3%29

Troutdale7.5 mi away

3%26

Tigard20 mi away

3%22

Happy Valley6.6 mi away

2%21

Salem47.3 mi away

2%18

Beaverton21.8 mi away

2%16

Damascus3.4 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%346

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

How far

How far Boring commutes

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

39%

48%

39%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boring is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Boring are

1,062 jobs are based in Boring. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boring’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Boring

1,062 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Boring residents hold

870 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+27%

Jobs based in Boring, 2013 → 2023: 834 → 1,062. 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.