Sign inJoin
Work & commute in Butteville · A commuter town

99% of Butteville’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Butteville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (18%), Wilsonville (9%) and Salem (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Work in town
1%
1 of 137 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
18 min
Less than OR (23 min)
Work from home
26%
More than OR (19%)
Jobs based here
23
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Butteville?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

18% of working residents work in Portland

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

AuroraWillaminaMolallaCanbySherwood: 4 residents work here (3%)Woodburn: 3 residents work here (2%)Wilsonville: 13 residents work here (9%)Tualatin: 3 residents work here (2%)Lake Oswego: 3 residents work here (2%)McMinnvilleTigard: 4 residents work here (3%)GreshamBeaverton: 4 residents work here (3%)Hillsboro: 5 residents work here (4%)Salem: 9 residents work here (7%)Portland: 25 residents work here (18%)VancouverButtevillePortlandWilsonvilleSalemHillsboroSherwoodTigardButteville
1
Portland21.6 mi away
18%25
2
Wilsonville5.1 mi away
9%13
3
Salem24.5 mi away
7%9
4
Hillsboro19.4 mi away
4%5
5
Sherwood7.4 mi away
3%4
6
Tigard12 mi away
3%4
7
Beaverton15.6 mi away
3%4
8
Woodburn7.4 mi away
2%3
9
Tualatin9.1 mi away
2%3
10
Lake Oswego12.9 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%64
The top trips

Where Butteville clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Oregon

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
136 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Butteville18 min
Oregon23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
26%

of Butteville workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10
Day and night

Butteville quiets down on a workday

On a workday 136 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.

136live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
22work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night230
Workday110
230live here− 140head out to work+ 22come in to work= 110on a workday

About 110 people are in Butteville on a workday afternoon, 50% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.17jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Butteville commutes less than 17 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi30 miPortland: 18% · 21.6 miWilsonville: 9% · 5.1 miSalem: 7% · 24.5 miHillsboro: 4% · 19.4 miSherwood: 3% · 7.4 miTigard: 3% · 12 miBeaverton: 3% · 15.6 miWoodburn: 2% · 7.4 miTualatin: 2% · 9.1 miLake Oswego: 2% · 12.9 miPortland 18%Wilsonville 9%Salem 7%Hillsboro 4%Sherwood 3%Butteville
ButtevilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
32%Under 10 mi44 residents
51%10–24 mi70 residents
10%25–50 mi13 residents
7%Over 50 mi9 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 23 jobs in Butteville are

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

Jobs based in ButtevilleJobs Butteville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%20%
Trade, transport & utilities61%29%
Services: health, schools, offices39%51%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less13%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%21%
Over $3,333 a month57%69%

Who does it

29 or younger26%18%
30 to 5461%50%
55 and older13%32%
+156%

Jobs based in Butteville, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 23. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
Beyond the commute

More of Butteville

Butteville home →

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Butteville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Weigh in
Is the commute from Butteville worth it?

Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.

Ask neighbors

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

Post to Butteville

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in