Work & commute · Cave Junction

Work & commute in Cave Junction, OR

About one in 5 of Cave Junction’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Grants Pass (15%), Medford (11%) and Eugene (2%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

104 of 497 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 393 Cave Junction residents head out of town to work, 104 work right here, and 625 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cave Junction.

393live here, work elsewhere

104live and work here

625work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cave Junction goes to work

Cave Junction (in town)right here

21%104

Grants Pass24.4 mi away

15%77

Medford42.4 mi away

11%54

Eugene133.3 mi away

2%12

Portland238.1 mi away

2%12

Takilma8.8 mi away

2%11

Kerby2.3 mi away

2%8

Ashland48.7 mi away

1%7

Brookings34.3 mi away

1%5

Roseburg74.6 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%202

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

How far

How far Cave Junction commutes

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

36%

13%

28%

24%

36%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cave Junction 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 Cave Junction are

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

Jobs based in Cave Junction

729 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Cave Junction residents hold

497 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month38%

+25%

Jobs based in Cave Junction, 2013 → 2023: 583 → 729. 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.