Work & commute · Cascadia

Work & commute in Cascadia, OR

Most working residents leave Cascadia for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (13%), Portland (13%) and Salem (11%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 63 working residents

Typical commute

42 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 63 Cascadia residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cascadia.

63live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cascadia goes to work

Lebanon22.1 mi away

13%8

Portland79.4 mi away

13%8

Salem44.7 mi away

11%7

Sweet Home9.7 mi away

8%5

Corvallis40.1 mi away

8%5

Albany33.4 mi away

3%2

Eugene38.4 mi away

3%2

Scio27.5 mi away

2%1

Philomath43.5 mi away

2%1

Bandon130 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%23

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

How far

How far Cascadia commutes

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

24%

41%

32%

3%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cascadia is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cascadia are

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

Jobs based in Cascadia

2 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month100%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Cascadia residents hold

63 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+0%

Jobs based in Cascadia, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 2. 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.