Work & commute · Butte Falls

Work & commute in Butte Falls, OR

Most working residents leave Butte Falls for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Medford (25%), Prospect (7%) and Eagle Point (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 142 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 134 Butte Falls residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Butte Falls.

134live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

77work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Butte Falls goes to work

Medford20.2 mi away

25%35

Prospect15.6 mi away

7%10

Butte Falls (in town)right here

6%8

Eagle Point12.9 mi away

4%6

Central Point20.8 mi away

3%4

Grants Pass39.7 mi away

3%4

Eugene108.3 mi away

3%4

White City15.4 mi away

3%4

Cave Junction60.9 mi away

2%3

Portland207 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%61

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

How far

How far Butte Falls commutes

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

60%

22%

9%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Butte Falls is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Butte Falls are

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

Jobs based in Butte Falls

85 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Butte Falls residents hold

142 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+21%

Jobs based in Butte Falls, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 85. 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.